Former Nairobi Governor Sonko pays $1,540 to bail out 200 Gen Z protestors, among them lactating mother with baby

Former Nairobi Governor Sonko pays $1,540 to bail out 200 Gen Z protestors, among them lactating mother with baby

Sonko, who was in court, then offered to pay the Ksh1,000 ($7.71) for all 200 accused persons. The total pay-out was Ksh200,000.

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Tel Aviv declassifies files of the 1976 Entebbe commando raid via Kenya to free 102 Israeli hostages

Tel Aviv declassifies files of the 1976 Entebbe commando raid via Kenya to free 102 Israeli hostages

According to the documents, Israel took a two-pronged approach. It pushed forward France-led negotiations with Ugandan President Idi Amin, while mocking up blueprints of the airport and preparing to send transport planes to Kenya

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Rogue DPM: Kenya deports Somalia deputy prime minister over alleged passport fraud

Rogue DPM: Kenya deports Somalia deputy prime minister over alleged passport fraud

The second deputy prime minister was held in a VIP lounge at the ⁠Nairobi airport and issued with a return ticket to Mogadishu.

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Moroccan court commits 29 senior state officials, prominent politicians and sports managers to prison, fines them millions of dollars

Moroccan court commits 29 senior state officials, prominent politicians and sports managers to prison, fines them millions of dollars

The court also ordered the defendants to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines late on Thursday after a trial that lasted more than two years.

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Noodled China: Matcha boom turns Guizhou tea into new growth ingredient in the mountainous Guizhou Province

Noodled China: Matcha boom turns Guizhou tea into new growth ingredient in the mountainous Guizhou Province

In May, a sweet potato instant noodle product from Sinan County in Tongren became a consumer hit after adding a matcha flavour to its traditional sour-and-spicy formula. Made mainly from local sweet potatoes and blended with matcha powder produced in Tongren, the product kept its familiar spicy-sour taste, while using matcha’s fresh aroma to cut through greasiness.

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Summer Davos forum in Dalian city shines spotlight on China’s innovation-led road to world economic growth

Summer Davos forum in Dalian city shines spotlight on China’s innovation-led road to world economic growth

This year’s Summer Davos, held under the theme of “Innovating at Scale” from June 23 to 25, has brought together over 1,700 participants from more than 90 countries and regions to discuss ways to scale innovation into better jobs, stronger economies and new growth opportunities.

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