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Clouds of tear gas can be see in downtown Nairobi
Tear gas fired at anti-government protesters in Kenya
NAIROBI — Kenyan police have fired tear gas in the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa to disperse anti-government protests.In both city centers, many businesses have remained closed. Demonstrators have also taken to the streets of other cities including Kisumu.Human rights groups say since the protests against a controversial finance bill began two weeks ago 39 people have been killed by security forces.President William Ruto has since dropped the proposed tax increases - but the demonstrations have morphed into calls for him to resign and anger over police brutality.Cars can be seen burning amid chaotic scenes in Mombasa as protesters clash with police.The clashes in Nairobi have forced magistrates to put off hearings at a court in the city, the Daily Nation newspaper...
July 02, 2024

Tear gas fired at anti-government protesters in Kenya

The ANC was forced into a coalition deal after May's elections
South Africa's new coalition government unveiled
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled a new coalition government, after his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party lost its parliamentary majority in May's elections.He said "the government of national unity... is unprecedented in the history of our democracy".The ANC will have 20 out of 32 cabinet posts, while the Democratic Alliance (DA) - until now the main opposition party - will hold six. Six other portfolios are shared amongst smaller parties.The shrinking of ANC support in the elections reflected public frustration over its poor record on delivering basic services and tackling unemployment, poverty and corruption.The ANC under Nelson Mandela achieved its aim of ending white-minority rule in South Africa in 1994.In the new...
July 01, 2024

South Africa's new coalition government unveiled

Thursday's protests were smaller and less violent than earlier in the week
Kenyan court allows military deployment to quell protests
NAIROBI — Kenya's High Court has approved the use of military force to restore order, following days of anti-tax protests that at some point overwhelmed police.More than 20 people have reportedly been killed in the nationwide protests that are largely led by young people opposed to government plans to increase taxes.Armored military vehicles patrolled streets in the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday as police fired tear gas to disperse protesters, who had threatened to storm the presidential palace.A judge said that the military deployment was critical to protect government installations but gave the authorities two days to clarify how long the deployment would last, along with its rules of engagement."To deploy the military in a blanket manner without defining their scope of...
June 28, 2024

Kenyan court allows military deployment to quell protests

At least 22 people were reportedly killed in Tuesday's protests
Police fire tear gas at renewed Kenya protests
NAIROBI — Kenyan police have fired tear gas to disperse groups of protesters who have started gathering in the capital, Nairobi.There has been heavy deployment of security forces, including the military, and roads are blocked around key buildings in the capital ahead of the protests.This comes two days after 22 people reportedly lost their lives in protests against tax hikes, which saw part of parliament set alight.The next day, President William Ruto bowed to pressure and said he would withdraw the finance bill containing the unpopular tax proposals.The demonstrators had vowed to gather again in the city center to mourn those killed.Some also vowed to march to the president’s official residence, State House.Other prominent people linked to the protests have been warning against this...
June 27, 2024

Police fire tear gas at renewed Kenya protests

Doctors leave a medical camp they set up for protesters in a Nairobi cathedral after being forced out by military personnel
Five killed and parliament ablaze in Kenya tax protests
NAIROBI — At least five protesters were shot dead by police in Kenya and a section of parliament went up in flames as demonstrations against new tax proposals escalated on Tuesday.An angry crowd broke through police lines to storm parliament in the capital Nairobi before setting parts of it ablaze.In an address on Tuesday evening, President William Ruto said all means would be deployed to "thwart any attempts by dangerous criminals to undermine the security and stability of our country".He has deployed the military to quell the protests.Protests against an unpopular finance bill, which includes several tax rises, have been ongoing for days. But they escalated on Tuesday as MPs passed an amended bill.Protesters broke into parliament, vandalizing the interior and setting parts of...
June 26, 2024

Five killed and parliament ablaze in Kenya tax protests

Junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré has kept a low profile since the attack on the army base
Attack on army base fuels Burkina Faso mutiny rumors
OUAGADOUGOU — An attack that reportedly killed more than 100 soldiers on an army base in Burkina Faso has snowballed into speculation about unrest in the security forces, in a country where the military has been in power since 2022.The leader of the military junta has since appeared on state TV in an attempt to debunk the rumors.Burkina Faso has been battling Islamist insurgents for several years and about half the country is outside government control.The Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) group has said it was behind last Tuesday's attack in the northern town of Mansila.The following day, there was an explosion near the headquarters of the state television.According to several reports, armed men attacked the military base, located near the border with Niger, on 11...
June 21, 2024

Attack on army base fuels Burkina Faso mutiny rumors

Cyril Ramaphosa
South Africa's Ramaphosa sworn in for second term
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second full term in office as president, despite failing to secure a majority in parliament in last month's election for his African National Congress (ANC).Lawmakers re-elected him as president last week following a deal between the ANC, its long-time rival Democratic Alliance (DA) and other parties to form a coalition government.The ANC, which has governed since the end of apartheid in 1994, lost its majority for the first time after the 29 May election produced no outright winner.Many dignitaries, including several African heads of states, are attending the ceremony."I swear I will be faithful to the Republic of South Africa... I will obey, observe and uphold the constitution and all other laws of the...
June 19, 2024

South Africa's Ramaphosa sworn in for second term

An armored vehicle of Chad's army forces deployed in N'Djamena on May 10, 2024
Deadly blaze breaks out at ammunition depot in Chad
N'DAJAMENA — People have been killed and injured after a huge fire broke out at an ammunition depot in Chad, causing major explosions, senior government ministers have said.Foreign Minister Koulamallah Abderaman said the blaze happened at a military depot in the Goudji area of the capital, N'Djamena.President Mahamat Idriss Deby sent his condolences to the victims and their families, without specifying the number of casualties.Video footage, which has not been verified by the BBC, shows blasts lighting up the night sky.Witnesses said they could be heard miles away.Journalists working for AFP news agency said the blaze caused weapons to fire into the air.There were "explosions of ammunition of all calibers", a French official, who requested anonymity, also told the...
June 19, 2024

Deadly blaze breaks out at ammunition depot in Chad

Former South African President Jacob Zuma is the leader of the MK party
Zuma's MK party to join South Africa's opposition alliance
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, has said his political party — uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) — will join the opposition alliance in parliament.He said it would co-ordinate resistance to the governing coalition led by the African National Congress (ANC).Despite this, MK said it maintained that last month's elections were rigged and wanted the results annulled.Zuma’s speech on Sunday was read by MK spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela who said the ANC was no longer part of the solution.Zuma said there was no government of national unity in South Africa and described the partnership as a “white-led unholy alliance between the DA and the ANC of Ramaphosa”.The ANC lost its outright majority for the first time since the end of apartheid and sealed a power-sharing...
June 17, 2024

Zuma's MK party to join South Africa's opposition alliance

Seller Ibrahim Balarabe Wambai says the ram market is very difficult this year
Muted Eid celebrations for millions of Nigerian Muslims
KANO — “I have slaughtered a ram every year starting from 1976 but this year I can't, I just can't.”Like many of the estimated 100 million Muslims in Nigeria, 78-year-old Mallam Kabiru Tudun Wada is not celebrating Eid al-Adha as he normally would because of the cost-of-living crisis.Muslims around the world traditionally slaughter a ram or another animal on Eid al-Adha, in memory of the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his own son when God ordered him to.The meat is distributed to the poor and needy.Some of the meat is used to prepare a huge feast for the entire family, while friends and neighbors visit each other and eat the food each family has prepared.“In years gone by I could afford at least one ram but things have never been tighter,” Wada told the...
June 16, 2024

Muted Eid celebrations for millions of Nigerian Muslims

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