The Japan-Africa conference in Tunis from August 27 to 28 will give Japan a chance to get relations back on track after the upheavals of the pandemic | NEIL FORD | Japan’s relations with the African continent are again in the spotlight as the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party Julius Malema has yet again asked Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga to concede defeat. He has told the ODM leader not to go down in history as one who was desperate for power. Raila has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Raila Odinga, the runner-up in the 2022 general elections in Kenya has explained that his move to petition the Supreme Court of Kenya is aimed at not only making him president but saving Kenya from criminal cartels. Odinga as 1st Petitioner and Martha Karua, 2nd …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | President-elect William Ruto has put together a team of lawyers to defend his win in petitions filed Monday at the Supreme Court. Ruto will be banking on seasoned lawyers to help thwart attempts to nullify his election as President Uhuru Kenyatta’s successor …
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•The DP was declared the winner of the August 9 presidential poll after he garnered 7,176,141 votes, equivalent to 50.59% of valid votes cast, beating former Prime Minister Raila Odinga who had 6,942,930 votes representing 48.85%. Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s legal team has …
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Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | Somali government confirmed Sunday that 21 people were killed in the terrorist attack on a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday evening. The Minister of Health Ali Haji Adan said 15 of the wounded persons sustained serious injuries and were in critical …
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Galiwango’s body chopped into pieces! Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified thugs have brutally murdered a South African-based Ugandan businessman for unknown reasons. The assailants kidnapped Fred Galiwango, who has been running a vehicle mechanical workshop in Lancaster Soweto on Sunday last week. His mutilated body that was chopped into …
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Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | The Nigerian Armed Forces have intensified their crackdown on extremists and bandit groups to address security threats in the country, Defense Minister Bashir Magashi said Saturday. The military and other security agencies have cooperated to force criminals out from their hideouts, Magashi told a security …
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Modernization of critical infrastructures like roads, railways, seaports and airports has been a central feature of China-Africa cooperation Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | When the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017, Grace Wambui, a middle-aged Kenyan trader, could thus transport her goods seamlessly to earn profit. …
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Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | With the political crisis in Sudan still in deadlock, calls for early elections are raised every now and then as the last solution. However, such calls have provoked a division among different factions and further complicated the already prolonged crisis. For supporters, they see early elections …
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