Kenya president backs down on tax hikes after deadly unrest, but youth vow carry on
Vice President Rigathi Gachagua asked young people to call off the protests to avoid any further loss of life and destruction of property, and blamed the intelligence services for giving the government poor advice.
Publish or perish versus publish and prosper: Risks of putting premium on productivity at the expense of innovation
One reason universities are called “ivory towers” is that, through their generally similar structure and function and the tendency for scholars to construct communication styles that only allow communication with and in narrow audiences, they are places or spheres where people are happily cut off from the rest of the world.
Wealthy nations say debt crisis risk that overshadowed global economy for four years is receding
The Paris Club, made of 22 official creditor nations, said the return of Sub-Saharan African countries to Eurobond markets this year, a stabilisation in low-income country debt levels and a potential peak in global interest rates gave cause of optimism.
After youth burned sections of Kenyan parliament, the irate rioters battled police into wee hours of Wednesday
Opposition to the finance bill has united a large part of the country, with some explicitly rejecting the tribal divisions that have torn Kenya apart in the past. Some who had passionately supported Ruto felt betrayed.
Arrival of 400 Kenyan police officers in Haiti offers PM Conille respite as he vows to retake country from criminals
The gang wars have now displaced over half a million people and nearly five million are facing severe food insecurity. Armed groups, which now control most of the capital, have formed a broad alliance while carrying out widespread killings, ransom kidnappings and sexual violence.
Freed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ends 14 years on the run, returns home after US guilty plea
Assange, 52, left the court through a throng of TV cameras and photographers without answering questions, then waved as he got into a white SUV. He left Saipan on a private jet to the Australian capital Canberra, where he is expected to land around 7:30 p.m. (0930 GMT), according to flight logs.
Why irate Kenyan youth unleashed their economic frustrations on President Ruto, burned parliament
Young Kenyans have been organising on social media, organising peaceful street demonstrations meant to force authorities to drop this finance bill altogether. The protests started on June 18 after the bill was made public for the first time.
