22 fishermen feared killed in fighting between Ethiopian, Kenyan fishermen near Omo River

22 fishermen feared killed in fighting between Ethiopian, Kenyan fishermen near Omo River

Kenya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen wrote on X on Sunday that the government had deployed additional security to the border and that he was engaging with Addis Ababa to “broker peace between the two communities.”

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Sudan’s military wrests Obeid city from paramilitary group RSF’s control, restores access to the area

Sudan’s military wrests Obeid city from paramilitary group RSF’s control, restores access to the area

Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim hailed the military’s advances in Obeid as a “massive step” to lift the RSF siege on el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, as well as delivering humanitarian aid to the Kordofan area.

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Kenyan police officer killed in action in Haiti as violent gangs unleash terror on island anation’s capital

Kenyan police officer killed in action in Haiti as violent gangs unleash terror on island anation’s capital

The police officer was airlifted out of the area and died from his injuries, Godfrey Otunge, the commander of the Kenyan forces in Haiti, said in a statement.

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Why Uganda is Pearl of Africa: It’s the only country on Earth where serving soldiers are reserved seats in parliament, martial courts try civilians

Why Uganda is Pearl of Africa: It’s the only country on Earth where serving soldiers are reserved seats in parliament, martial courts try civilians

Army representation in parliament continues to this day. Uganda is the only country on the globe with a parliamentary system where serving soldiers are in parliament. Army representation in Uganda’s parliament began in 1994. As things stand now, 10 seats are set aside for ‘serving officers’ of the Uganda People’s Defence Force. The 10 are chosen by the Army Council, chaired by President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni, and they tend to vote with the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM),

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Kenyan autism patient overcomes stigma, joins ordinary school following early intervention

Kenyan autism patient overcomes stigma, joins ordinary school following early intervention

Another student, Peter Kairo, is currently undergoing a similar journey at the same pre-vocational institution. His learning process began with structured training to help him adjust to the school environment – an essential first step for children with intellectual disabilities.

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Italy to spend $4.2m over the next three years to restore degraded Cherang’any water tower

Italy to spend $4.2m over the next three years to restore degraded Cherang’any water tower

The Cherang’any ecosystem, which stretches across Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot and Trans Nzoia counties is one of the five major water towers in the country with others being Mt Kenya, the Aberdares, Mt Elgon and the Mau Complex.

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13 police officers deny killing two Indian nationals, Kenyan the in run-up to 2022 polls

13 police officers deny killing two Indian nationals, Kenyan the in run-up to 2022 polls

Amnesty International’s Kenya chapter have linked the SSU to most of more than 500 extrajudicial killings and dozens of enforced disappearances between 2019 and September 2022.

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Trump’s office bans medical agency FDA from using terms such as intersex, woman, disabled, transgender, LGBTQ and others

Trump’s office bans medical agency FDA from using terms such as intersex, woman, disabled, transgender, LGBTQ and others

Another federal health agency was told in recent weeks to remove words such as gender, transgender, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) and non-binary from its communications to ensure that they comply with executive orders that solely recognise male and female sex and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.

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Kenya’s tourism shows strong recovery as minister projects surge in new arrivals and foreign exchange earnings

Kenya’s tourism shows strong recovery as minister projects surge in new arrivals and foreign exchange earnings

The domestic tourism sector, CS Rebecca Miano, also recorded impressive gains, with bed night occupancy rising by 12 per cent from 4,618,094 in 2023 to 5,173,966 in 2024.

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How Kremlin arrested 20,000 people for Ukraine war dissenters, forced dozens to ‘punitive psychiatry’

How Kremlin arrested 20,000 people for Ukraine war dissenters, forced dozens to ‘punitive psychiatry’

Yekaterina Fatyanova, 37, was interned on April 28 last year at the KKPND No.1 psychiatric hospital in her home city of Krasnoyarsk after being accused of discrediting the Russian armed forces by publishing an article in a small opposition newspaper she ran in her spare time. She was not the author of the piece, which argued the war in Ukraine was driven by imperialist motives.

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