Why the revolutionary germ in Kenya’s Gen-Z tax protests is growing but political tribe has buried head in sand

Why the revolutionary germ in Kenya’s Gen-Z tax protests is growing but political tribe has buried head in sand

You either die or accept to acquiesce in suffering to your grave. Gen-Zs elected the former and many of them were felled by what they perceived as the butchers gunshots. The stress were full of blood. The spirit, though, was not felled, just as was the case in the germinal revolutions in the far-away lands.

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How Sierra Leon teenage defender outfoxed Valladolid to sign for Manchester City in six days

How Sierra Leon teenage defender outfoxed Valladolid to sign for Manchester City in six days

Bah was enthused by the idea of joining City – the group, which includes 13 teams worldwide from the United States to Japan, Brazil and Australia – and will receive good money for doing so.

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Pushing boundaries: How poor Sierra Leonean teenage footballer defied odds, paid $6m to force transfer to Man City in seven days

Pushing boundaries: How poor Sierra Leonean teenage footballer defied odds, paid $6m to force transfer to Man City in seven days

Juma Bah joined Valladolid in August from AIK Freetong on a 12-month loan, with an option to buy for €150,000 ($156,282). His salary at the time was around €2,000 ($2,083) a month, in line with others in their youth setup. If players progress at the club, their salary and release clauses increase.

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UN agencies warn ‘imminent’ outbreak of cholera, mpox, measles and malaria in eastern Congo’s North Kivu will kill thousands

UN agencies warn ‘imminent’ outbreak of cholera, mpox, measles and malaria in eastern Congo’s North Kivu will kill thousands

Before M23 fighters closed in on Goma, more than 700,000 internally displaced people lived around the provincial capital. But hundreds of thousands fled in anticipation of clashes between the Rwanda-backed rebels and DRC troops, prompting renewed alarm about the further spread of deadly disease.

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M23 capture of Goma city in eastern Congo reveals hodgepodge of foreign mercenaries in mineral-rich province

M23 capture of Goma city in eastern Congo reveals hodgepodge of foreign mercenaries in mineral-rich province

At a border crossing between Goma and its Rwandan twin city of Gisenyi, journalists saw dozens of Romanian mercenaries, who had been hired by Congo to bolster its defences, crossing the border into Rwanda – the start of their journey back home, one said.

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How climate change and counterfeits are hurting Kenyan farmers and raising concerns about who can share seeds

How climate change and counterfeits are hurting Kenyan farmers and raising concerns about who can share seeds

Kenya is not alone facing food security pressures. According to a UN Food and Agriculture and Organization (FAO) report in 2023, over a billion people across the African continent are unable to afford healthy diets, and the number of hungry people is increasing.

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Trump’s orders on aid freeze meet with legal resistance, force White House to revoke spending pause

Trump’s orders on aid freeze meet with legal resistance, force White House to revoke spending pause

At the virtual hearing from Providence, Rhode Island, McConnell, an appointee of Democratic President Barack Obama, said the states have convinced him that the “inappropriate effects” of the now-rescinded funding freeze directive “are going to continue and that hasn’t changed based on comments by the president’s press secretary.”

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ECOWAS leaves to ‘keep door open’ as three coup-hit West African state to return to bloc

ECOWAS leaves to ‘keep door open’ as three coup-hit West African state to return to bloc

The split “worsens a legitimacy crisis of ECOWAS which has often failed people’s expectations in upholding the rule of law,” said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

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