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Kenya's election results are announced

twists and turns

Kenya 2022: Controversial end to presidential election, smooth transition?

Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has been declared winner of the 9 August presidential election, albeit in a contested process against ... Raila Odinga. Ahead of the announcement, four commissioners from the seven-member team addressed the media distancing themselves from the outcome that was yet to be announced by the electoral body chairman Wafula Chebukati. What does this mean for the presidential transition?

Kenya's election results are announced

Decision time

Kenya 2022: Ruto declared winner of presidential election, Raila to contest in court

After nearly a week of tallying ballots, Kenya's Independent Electoral Bureau Commission (IEBC) has officially declared Deputy President William ... Ruto of the Kenya Kwanza Alliance as the fifth president of the country.

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Fight or flight

UK continues Rwanda scheme as leadership contest continues

Over a hundred migrants and refugees forced to move to Rwanda are now in legal limbo as they fight to remain in the UK. ...

political mirage

Kenya: The Martha Karua euphoria that never was

The naming of the no-nonsense former Justice Minister Martha Karua as the running mate of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in this year’s ... general election elicited excitement. However, the euphoria did not translate into votes. What went wrong for the ‘Iron Lady’?

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Kenya's election results are announced

twists and turns

Kenya 2022: Controversial end to presidential election, smooth transition?

political mirage

Kenya: The Martha Karua euphoria that never was

OPPOSITION UNITE

Uganda: Museveni’s onslaught brings together Bobi Wine and Besigye

Kenya's election results are announced

twists and turns

Kenya 2022: Controversial end to presidential election, smooth transition?

political mirage

Kenya: The Martha Karua euphoria that never was

OPPOSITION UNITE

Uganda: Museveni’s onslaught brings together Bobi Wine and Besigye

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OPPOSITION UNITE

Uganda: Museveni’s onslaught brings together Bobi Wine and Besigye

After years of walking different paths, Uganda’s opposition doyens: Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine of National Unity Platform (NUP) and veteran ... opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye have pledged to work together as they continue refining strategies of ousting president Yoweri Museveni.

Political distancing

Liberia: Weah disowns ruling party splinter group accused of violent attacks

The political temperature is heating up in Monrovia – ahead of presidential and legislative elections due in October 2023 when George Weah ... is seeking a second term as President of Liberia.

Airline trouble

By relaunching Nigeria Air, is Abuja playing against its own camp?

The Nigerian government is provoking criticism and misunderstanding by announcing Nigeria Air’s return at a time when local airlines are in ... the grips of an existential crisis.

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Operation new location

Morocco: Why the African Lion may leave the kingdom

The US is considering another location for the annual African Lion military exercise, which has been held for the past 18 years partly on Moroccan ... soil.

Indigenous activist Elias Kibiwot strolls across a natural open space within Kenya's Embobut Forest.

Property rights

Kenya’s forest dwellers fight for dwindling ancestral lands

The Embobut Forest, one of the largest remaining blocks of indigenous woods in East Africa, is replete with natural springs and lush grass. However, ... even this arcadia is not immune to Kenya’s ongoing battle with forest loss: More than 53 square miles (about 7.4% of Kenya’s land area) of forest cover have disappeared over the past 37 years.

teargas and gunfire

Sierra Leone: Civilians and police killed in anti-government protests

Both civilians and police officers were killed during anti-government protests on 11 and 12 August in Sierra Leone. Hundreds of people took to ... the streets on Wednesday 11 August to protest against economic conditions in the country.

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