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July 18, 2024
Impeached judge itching to take on South African president
NAIROBI — Kenyan police have banned protests in the center of the capital, Nairobi, and surrounding areas “until further notice”, citing their leaderless nature that has made it difficult to enforce safety.It comes after weeks of deadly anti-government protests in which scores of people have been killed.Nairobi city center has been the heart of the youth-led protests, which have also taken place across the country.The protests began against unpopular tax rises but after they were withdrawn, have become broader, including for President William Ruto to resign.More protests were planned for Thursday, with online posters calling for people to gather at Uhuru Park in the city center, before matching to State House, the president’s official residence.Late on Wednesday, the police said...
July 18, 2024
Kenya police ban protests in the capital
July 16, 2024
Kagame wins Rwanda vote in landslide — partial results
KIGALI — Voters in Rwanda lined up at polling stations on Monday to elect their next president, Reuters reported.Incumbent president Paul Kagame, who has ruled the central African country for nearly a quarter of a century, is widely expected to clinch victory for a fourth time.Kagame, 66, has won more than 93% of the vote at each of the three previous elections. Eight candidates had applied to run against him, but only two were retained in the final list validated by the electoral commission.The others, including Kagame’s most vocal critics, were barred for various reasons that included prior criminal convictions.At the Rwandexco polling center in the capital Kigali, people started queueing 90 minutes before polls opened.Voter Barimukije Pheneas said he had chosen to re-elect Kagame,...
July 15, 2024
Rwandans vote in election expected to extend Kagame rule
July 15, 2024
Car bomb kills Somalis watching Euro football final
July 15, 2024
'Serial killer' arrested after bodies found in Kenya dump
July 11, 2024
Kenya’s President Ruto fires almost entire cabinet after protests
July 10, 2024
A photographer's 11-day trek to flee war-torn Sudan
July 05, 2024
Bodies of 89 migrants retrieved from Atlantic
July 02, 2024
Tear gas fired at anti-government protesters in Kenya