Volunteers for an air-defence unit stand on their position while Russian drone explodes during bombardment of Odesa region, Ukraine, March 28, 2025
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin put forward a scheme today for Ukraine to be placed under United Nations control.
In televised remarks to the crew of a Russian nuclear submarine, Mr Putin repeated his claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lacks the legitimacy to sign a peace deal.
Mr Zelensky’s term would have expired last year, but Kiev has postponed elections due to the war.
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
