South Africa
Pretoria irks US by hushing up Russian ship report

Russian cargo ship Lady R docked inside Simon's Town Naval Base in Cape Town, South Africa, 8 December 2022.
Russian cargo ship Lady R docked inside Simon's Town Naval Base in Cape Town, South Africa, 8 December 2022. © Nic Bothma/EPA/MaxPPP
The South African government plans to keep secret an official report on the illegal mooring of the Lady R, a Russian vessel that allegedly shipped arms to the country despite sanctions over the Ukraine war. This has deeply annoyed US diplomats. [...]
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