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Jul 13, 20242 min read
Kenyan president sacks cabinet, bowing to pressure from protests
NAIROBI - Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday fired his entire cabinet apart from the foreign minister, bowing to pressure from...


Jul 13, 20242 min read
Kenya's police chief resigns following criticism over protests
NAIROBI - Kenya's police chief Japhet Koome resigned on Friday following intense criticism of officers' conduct during anti-government...


Jul 13, 20245 min read
Social media fuels Kenyan youth backlash over lawmakers' opulence
NAIROBI - Luxury cars, private helicopters, mounds of cash. The lavish lifestyles of Kenya's lawmakers, splashed across TikTok and X,...


Jul 12, 20243 min read
UN-brokered Sudan ceasefire talks begin with one party no-show
GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO - Sudan's warring parties are in Switzerland for U.N.-led talks aimed at brokering possible local ceasefires...


Jul 10, 20242 min read
Ethiopia's Abiy visits Sudan's army chief on Red Sea coast
CAIRO - Ethiopian Premier Abiy Ahmed met Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday, becoming the first foreign leader...


Jul 10, 20242 min read
Congo UN peacekeepers pausing pullout, no timeline for next phase
KINSHASA - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo will pause its withdrawal, with no timeline set for the next...


Jul 10, 20242 min read
UN probing reported mass grave on Libya-Tunisia border
GENEVA - The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that his office was following up on reports of a mass grave in the desert along the...


Jul 8, 20241 min read
West African bloc says it risks disintegration if junta-led states leave
ABUJA - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Sunday the region risked disintegration and worsening insecurity...


Jul 8, 20242 min read
Junta-led Sahel states rule out return to West African economic bloc
NIAMEY - Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, three military-led West African states, signed a confederation treaty on Saturday, underscoring...


Jul 8, 20242 min read
Kenyans hold concert to remember those killed in protests
NAIROBI - Hundreds of Kenyans attended a concert in the nation's capital Nairobi on Sunday, chanting slogans and dancing, to commemorate...


Jul 5, 20242 min read
Kenyan police arrival in Haiti marks new era for security, prime minister tells UN
UNITED NATIONS - Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the arrival of the first Kenyan...


Jul 5, 20243 min read
Kenyan activists rethink strategy after protests turn violent
NAIROBI - Activists behind Kenya's anti-government protests are rethinking their strategy after demonstrations on Tuesday were marred by...
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