Omar Ibrahim, the head of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization, suggested in an interview to Sputnik that African nations should retain much of the oil and gas they are currently exporting for internal consumption while using export revenue to address energy poverty

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday called South Korea's election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) a "victory of global diplomacy," presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon said

The UN Security Council adopted on Tuesday a resolution to extend sanctions on South Sudan, with Russia, China, Ghana, Gabon and Mozambique abstaining, a Sputnik correspondent reported