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Rebecca Cheptegei: Uganda athlete dies, days after boyfriend set her on fire

YoopyaSeptember 5, 2024September 5, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 5, 2024September 5, 20240

NAIROBI, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died on Thursday, four days after she was doused in petrol and set on...

Africa News World

Tear gas and stones as protesters across Kenya say ‘Ruto must go!’

YoopyaJuly 2, 2024July 2, 2024

by YoopyaJuly 2, 2024July 2, 20240

NAIROBI/MOMBASA, July 2 (Reuters) – Kenyan riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi on Tuesday and demonstrations erupted in other cities across the...

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Kenya protests: Ruto pulling the finance bill is unlikely to satisfy angry young protesters – here’s why

YoopyaJune 28, 2024June 28, 2024

by YoopyaJune 28, 2024June 28, 20240

In a move that shocked observers, Kenya’s President William Ruto announced on 26 June he was withdrawing his government’s highly controversial finance bill. This followed two days...

Africa News World

Police in the Kenyan capital fire live bullets as protesters rally against proposed new taxes

YoopyaJune 25, 2024June 25, 2024

by YoopyaJune 25, 2024June 25, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya fired live ammunition at anti-government protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday as thousands continued to rally demanding legislators vote...

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Africa: Jill Biden sees East Africa drought up close, seeks more aid

YoopyaFebruary 27, 2023February 27, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 27, 2023February 27, 20230

U.S. first lady Jill Biden got an up-close look Sunday at the historic East Africa drought as she walked along arid land and listened as...

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Clitoris reconstruction offers hope to Kenyan women after childhood mutilation

YoopyaNovember 27, 2022February 27, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 27, 2022February 27, 20230

Imagine having no sensation in a body part for most of your life and then being able to feel it at last. That was the...

Africa News

2 guilty of supporting deadly Westgate mall attack in Kenya

YoopyaOctober 7, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 7, 2020June 14, 20230

A Kenyan court on Wednesday found two men guilty for supporting the 2013 attack on Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Mall that left 67 people dead. Chief...

Africa News World

Africa’s weak health systems face escalating virus peril

YoopyaMarch 24, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 24, 2020June 14, 20230

Equipment shortages, scarce beds and poorly-paid doctors and nurses: Africa is finding that it has few means to protect itself as a feared coronavirus tsunami...

Africa News World

High Court sympathetic to embassy bombing victims in case

YoopyaFebruary 26, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 26, 2020June 14, 20230

The Supreme Court suggested Monday that it’s inclined to allow a bigger award of money to victims of the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies...

Africa News World

East Africa’s huge locust outbreak now spreads to Congo

YoopyaFebruary 26, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 26, 2020June 14, 20230

A small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since...

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