By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Humanitarian evacuations have begun in Olechky, where a ceasefire has been in force for more than three days, and food aid is being distributed. Ukrainian MP David Arakhamia announced the start of the aid, while Kyiv and Moscow reported the launch of the evacuations.
Vladimir Putin intends to intensify the war in Ukraine, while the United States is making a series of announcements about energy deals with Russia. The prospect of peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow is receding, according to Le Monde, which links this development to closer economic ties between Washington and Moscow.
🇷🇺 Russia · Source: Le Monde ·
Ugandan opposition leader Joel Ssenyonyi has asked the government to explain its efforts to locate and repatriate the remains of 11 Ugandans killed in the Russia-Ukraine war, while another 16 remain missing. A letter from the embassy in Moscow gives these figures, Nile Post reports.
🇺🇬 Uganda · Source: Nile Post ·
Modou Ngom has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison in Ohio over the road accident that killed three members of a family on 11 April 2026. Le Soleil, republished by Kassataya, confirms the sentence and dismisses rumours of a death sentence, while Ouestaf.com, citing Wosu, reports the judge’s comments, the five injured people and the possibility of an appeal. Senego reports criticism from Mamadou Dramé, who considers the sentence too harsh and mentions an appeal within three days.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: Le Soleil ·
Russian strikes killed at least one person in Kyiv and at least 14 people and injured 14 others at a railway station in Dnipro, Ukraine. Residential areas in Chernihiv, Kremenchuk and Zaporizhzhia Oblast were also hit, according to Le Monde.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Source: Le Monde ·
UK trial tests five-day breast cancer radiotherapyThirty-nine British hospitals are taking part in a clinical trial assessing whether breast cancer radiotherapy can be reduced from three weeks to five days, with an additional targeted dose. More than 1,000 people are enrolled in the FAST-Forward Boost study, funded by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research; the UK Department of Health says the treatment could eliminate ten hospital visits.The week in Africa
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