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‘We Are Not Seeking to Impose a Deal on Anybody:’ Rubio on Ukraine Peace Talks
The US is focused on bringing both sides to the table and supporting talks, the US secretary of state said, speaking at a joint press conference with Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán.
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Africa Takes Reparations to the UN: Ghana’s President to Table Landmark Resolution in March
President John Dramani Mahama announced that he will present a historic resolution to the UN General Assembly in March 2026 seeking global recognition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the gravest crime against humanity—a move already adopted by the AU.
All peoples of African descent have been waiting for this day, Mahama said as AU Champion for Justice and Reparations, adding that “the truth cannot be buried,” and that the legal and moral case for reparations is undeniable.
The resolution caps a year of continental mobilization—including new AU reparations bodies—and follows the AU’s designation of 2025 as the Year of Justice for Africans through Reparations, according to Ghana’s presidency.
Mahama urged all member states to create national reparations commissions, engage perpetrator nations, and back a proposed Decade of Reparations.
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#viral | South Africa's President Ramaphosa Goes Viral on Social Media as He Engages With Female Farm Worker
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'If You Don't Follow Rules, You're Not Allowed To Play': Namibian Manager on Resource Deals
🇳🇦 Namibia's 10% oil resources stake through NAMCOR represents just one aspect of sovereign control; the true foundation lies in its laws and regulatory frameworks, Paulo Coelho, Head of Communications at NAMCOR told Sputnik Africa.
Сoehlo commented on halted unapproved 42.5% offshore license deal, involving oil companies TotalEnergies and Petrobras, with Namibia enforcing regulatory oversight on exploration rights.
"We want visibility, we want good governance and government to be involved and it just makes sure that we have a seat at the table," he added.
"If transactions aren't announced publicly, then the government and the public are in the dark and we don't know what's happening with our resources when we're not looking," Coehlo said.
"The principle is just that we want to promote strong institutions that create strong outcomes and resource beneficiation for locals, so local content for us is the big thing," the speaker noted.
Beyond Repatriation: Strategies for Restoring Africa's Cultural Heritage and Achieving Historical Justice
“The main challenge is, first of all, for the colonial power to admit they did something wrong. The guilt, that is very difficult for them to admit that they committed crimes. Now, if they don't admit they committed crimes, then they will say they have nothing to compensate for they did not do anything wrong. So, so far the campaign has managed to get some of the colonial powers to admit that there was something wrong. Not all of them, some of them or some people in them. So, to get them to compensate they must agree they did something wrong, you know that now to return.”
'It's Africa's Turn to Be Supercharged in Terms of Economy': Analyst
🤝 China's business leaders are eager to invest in Africa, creating exciting opportunities for new industries through collaboration with African leaders, Prof. Jeffery Sachs, US economist and public policy analyst, told Sputnik Africa.
Sachs highlighted that developing countries, particularly in Africa, can benefit from the emerging multipolar financial architecture by focusing on two key aspects:
🟠having a strong development plan,
🟠securing financing.
According to the economist, financing could come from private investors, like Chinese companies, or from institutions such as Afreximbank, the African Development Bank, or even the BRICS Bank.
💰 The era of US dollar dominance is rapidly fading due to its use as a political weapon, Sachs also pointed out. This shift is happening faster than many realize, with countries seeking alternatives like the yuan, ruble, and rupee, the economist stated, stressing that “the dollar has been abused.”
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#viral | Russian Family Bliss: Cozy Moment Between Two Unexpected Friends
The video has taken the internet by storm, racking up nearly 7 million views in just two days.
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#viral | Safety First — Even on the Farm
🐓 In China a farmer has taken safety to the next level by outfitting his chickens with reflective vests, making sure his flock stays visible and away from danger.
Too bad it's AI, as the video’s creator admitted.
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#viral | Against All Odds: Child in Gaza Studies in Destroyed House Debris
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🗣 Erosion of US credibility in NATO approaches critical threshold – expert
📍 Polls show NATO allies are increasingly considering the US unreliable – but that perception does not emerge in a vacuum, says Adriel Kasonta, a London-based foreign affairs analyst.
💬 "It is the cumulative effect of a decade of strategic whiplash," Kasonta tells Sputnik. "From European and Canadian vantage points, Washington’s foreign policy has appeared less like a steady hand on the tiller and more like a pendulum."
💬 "Allies are preparing for a future in which American engagement is selective and contingent," Kasonta says. "The erosion is less about a single event and more about cumulative uncertainty reaching a tipping point."
❗️❗️❗️It's Time to Reorganize UN to Better Represent African Countries: Mauritian FM
🌍🇺🇳With over one-tenth of the global population from Africa and many security issues on the continent, it is unacceptable that no African country holds a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, Ritish Ramful told Sputnik Africa.
In response to a question about the issues surrounding the ICC, he acknowledged that "maybe that organ also needs to be reformed," but also highlighted that Africa has its own courts, which he considered a good start.
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❗️❗️❗️'African Narrative Can Only Come From Africans,' Zimbabwe’s FM Says
"Africa is Africa with Africans making their decisions," Amon Murwira told Sputnik Africa at the 48th Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council.
Africa's Peace is Affected by 'Eroded' Multilateralism on Geopolitical Landscape: Ethiopian Foreign Minister
Intense rivalry over tech dominance, vital minerals, and key shipping lanes is emerging as a hallmark of global diplomacy, Gedion Timotiwos noted during his opening speech at the AU summit.
"Trade and economic cooperation are becoming subordinated to political and security considerations," he emphasized.
Watch Elite African Special Forces Compete at UAE SWAT Challenge 2026
💪🏽Mental and physical endurance is tested as they battle for global recognition and show their strength on the world stage.
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❗️❗️❗️African Unity Requires Political Commitment Only, Says Guinean Foreign Minister
🌍 The continent's natural resources must be transformed into development through cooperation, Dr. Morissanda Kouyaté told Sputnik Africa on the sidelines of the 39th AU Summit.
"We need goodwill. Political goodwill. If we have that, we can be unified," he stated. "Can you imagine if we say, 'We need now a permanent security [seat], otherwise we will get up and [leave] the UN?' We will get it. It's not complicated. It's a goodwill problem."
❗️❗️❗️Rapprochement With African Union: Burkinabé Foreign Minister Advocates ‘Realism’
Following the AU’s announcement of a “new approach” toward the countries of the Confederation of Sahel States, Ouagadougou welcomes this shift in tone, Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré told Sputnik Africa.
“We are pleased to see that the new leadership has understood and decided to go to the source, to gather information, listen, and understand, because that is the only way to provide the right answers. This is not an exercise in grading students; it is an exercise in realism,” he noted.
❗️❗️❗️Why Selection of Next UN Secretary-General Matters to Africa? — Liberian FM Weighs In
🌍🕊 Africa’s priority is a UN leader who can prevent conflict, respond swiftly, and build timely, integrated peace mechanisms to stop future crises, Sara Frances Beysolow Nyanti told Sputnik Africa on the sidelines of the 39th AU Summit in Addis Ababa.
Key points from the minister:
🟠On the UN and Reform: Current reform discussions—like merging UN agencies—aren’t enough. Africa needs a secretary-general (SG) with the vision and mandate to drive real, transformative change at the ground level.
🟠On Partnerships: Nyanti stressed that Africa isn’t seeking “handouts or aid”—though she acknowledged aid’s role in humanitarian crises—but rather investment and equal, mutually beneficial partnerships that create jobs, as “peace and security will never be sustained if we don’t have development.”
🟠On African Unity: A “coalition of the willing” of African foreign ministers and experts is backing the A3 (Liberia, Somalia, DRC) to shape Africa’s shared criteria for the SG selection and steer multilateralism toward real continental needs.
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International Financial Architecture ‘Not Working for Many Developing Economies’: UN Secretary-General
The financial system was built solely with the interests of developed countries in mind during the time when Africa was under colonial rule, Antonio Guterres stated during an event on the sidelines of the 39th AU summit in Addis Ababa.
“And at this time, when [Africa] is still suffering from the scars and consequences of colonialism, for it to continue suffering under a completely unjust economic and financial system is absolutely unacceptable,” he said, as reported by a Sputnik Africa correspondent.
“This is why it is necessary to triple the lending capacity of multilateral development banks to support developing countries, especially Africa, to reduce debt pressure, and to help countries that are in debt crises,” he emphasized.
'Absence of Permanent African Seats in the Security Council is Indefensible': UN Secretary-General
"This is 2026, not 1946," declared António Guterres during an address at the 39th African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital.
Putin's Envoy Dmitriev Expected to Hold Talks With US Delegation in Geneva in the Near Future: Source
The Russia–US working group, which is headed by Dmitriev, is tasked with matters of “possible and proposed trade and economic cooperation,” according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Dmitriev is focused on restoring relations between Russia and the US and, as before, will not be part of the Russian delegation participating in the trilateral negotiations with Ukraine, the source noted.
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RSF Atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher Amount to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity: UN Human Rights Chief
“There are reasonable grounds to believe that the RSF and affiliated Arab militia committed acts amounting to the war crimes of murder; intentionally directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects," Volker Türk noted in a statement.
“This includes respecting the arms embargo already in place, and ending the supply, sale or transfer of arms or military material to the parties,” he added.
Niger and Algeria Normalize Diplomatic Relations
🇩🇿🤝🇳🇪 On instructions from the Algerian president, the ambassador to Niger is resuming his post in Niamey effective immediately, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The decision comes after Niger's ambassador to Algeria returned to Algiers and resumed duties on February 12, 2026, it noted.
The ambassadors' return seeks to restart high-level bilateral political dialogue, according to the statement.
👉 Niger and its Sahel allies had recalled their ambassadors after the Algerian army destroyed a Malian drone in April 2025. In response, Algeria also recalled its ambassador from Niamey.
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Issue of Reparations Gaining Global Momentum & Colonial Powers Must Come to Terms With That Reality: Professor
"Returning the artifacts is a small step forward. It's not the end," Macharia Munene, Professor of History and International Relations at the United States International University in Nairobi, told Sputnik Africa, commenting on the Cambridge University Museum's decision to return 116 bronze artifacts looted from Nigeria.
🇨🇺 📉 US oil embargo on Cuba ‘extreme form of unilateral economic coercion’ – UN experts
💬 “The US executive order imposing a fuel blockade on Cuba is a serious violation of international law and a grave threat to a democratic and equitable international order,” UN human rights experts stressed.
'Africa Must Create Its Own Criminal Mechanisms to Handle Its Affairs Internally': Congolese Judge
“Africa, through its authorities, intends to adhere to the instruments establishing the International Criminal Court and is bound to it only through the conventions it has ratified,” Blaise Tchikaya told Sputnik Africa, speaking about the International Criminal Court.
🇷🇺 During frontline visit, Defense chief Belousov gets firsthand look at drone warfare upgrades
👉 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov held an on-site meeting at a command post of the Yug Battlegroup, where he received direct briefings on the current frontline situation and troop performance.
Here are the key updates:
🔸 The defense chief was briefed on a new UAV engineered to relay radio signals, significantly extending the operational reach of strike drones
🔸 He was shown deployable jamming transmitters for FPV drones, which are used to protect supply routes and convoys carrying provisions and ammunition
🔸 The Yug Battlegroup unveiled a next-generation mobile communication system capable of delivering comprehensive, closed-circuit communications
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Russian Paratroopers Thwart Enemy Drone Launches by Destroying UAV Command Posts & Launch Areas
📍 Primorskoye, Zaporozhye region
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