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Uniper rescue to cost Germany an extra 25 bn euros
Uniper rescue to cost Germany an extra 25 bn euros

Troubled gas giant Uniper on Wednesday said the German government would need to spend an additional 25 billion euros under a planned nationalisation to stave off the firm's collapse in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine.

French aid groups in disarray after latest Mali bustup
French aid groups in disarray after latest Mali bustup

French-backed NGOs in Mali fear their future is in limbo after relations between the military-run hosts and France hit the wall. "We are dismayed and angry to see French public aid exploited and NGOs entangled against their will in these games of diplomatic relations," said Olivier Bruyeron, head of Coordination SUD, a coalition of groups that includes around 40 French organisations in Mali.

No end in sight for S.Africa crime wave
No end in sight for S.Africa crime wave

An onslaught of violent crime afflicting South Africa shows no sign of abating, according to police statistics released Wednesday that detailed a further surge in murders and kidnappings. "The crime statistics again show that we as communities continue to fail to protect some of the most vulnerable in society: our children," Police Minister Bheki Cele told a press conference.

Trial of Kremlin critic Yashin starts in Russia
Trial of Kremlin critic Yashin starts in Russia

A Russian court on Wednesday began the trial of opposition politician Ilya Yashin who faces up to a decade in prison for denouncing President Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine. Standing in a defendant's cage in Moscow's Meshchansky district court on Wednesday, Yashin sought to put on a brave face, laughing, doing thumbs up and stretching, an AFP correspondent said.