Domino effect: Arrest and release of Tanzania opposition leaders linked to youth protests in Kenya

“We won’t provide a chance to a few criminals to destroy peace by copying what is happening in neighbouring countries,” police commissioner Awadh Haji said late on Monday, a likely reference to weeks of youth-led protests in Kenya this year which inspired demonstrations in Nigeria and Uganda.

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Harris seems to ‘walk on eggs’ as she rolls out policy aimed at outmanoeuvring Trump, addressing 2020 liabilities

Harris seems to ‘walk on eggs’ as she rolls out policy aimed at outmanoeuvring Trump, addressing 2020 liabilities

While Donald Trump in recent weeks has resorted to personal and racially tinged attacks on his new rival, his campaign has been working to put Harris’ policy aims front and centre, aiming to paint Kamala Harris as a radical liberal, pointing to old videos of her discussing policy positions during the 2020 Democratic primary.

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With White population now 58 cent down from 80 per cent explains why Trump’s racist card appeals to white voters gripped by demographic hysteria

With White population now 58 cent down from 80 per cent explains why Trump’s racist card appeals to white voters gripped by demographic hysteria

While the Census Bureau says there are still 195 million white people in America and that they are still the majority, the white population actually declined slightly in 2023, and experts believe that they will become a minority sometime between 2040 and 2050.

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Democracy in Hong Kong dealt blow as top court upholds convictions of seven over 2019 protests

Democracy in Hong Kong dealt blow as top court upholds convictions of seven over 2019 protests

The defendants previously argued that the trial judge had failed to conduct an “operational proportionality” assessment when convicting them and quoted two non-binding decisions set out by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The defence also suggested the judge should have taken into account that the procession did not become violent.

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Republicans accuse Iran of hacking Trump campaign, but Tehran refutes the allegations

Republicans accuse Iran of hacking Trump campaign, but Tehran refutes the allegations

Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York said in an email that “the Iranian government neither possesses nor harbours any intent or motive to interfere in the United States presidential election.”

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Mass Deportation Now: Trump’s plan to expel Africans, Asians and Hispanics from US worries Republicans

Mass Deportation Now: Trump’s plan to expel Africans, Asians and Hispanics from US worries Republicans

But Trump and his advisers have other plans. He is putting immigration at the heart of his campaign to retake the White House and pushing the Republican Party towards a bellicose strategy that hearkens back to the 1950s when former President Dwight D. Eisenhower launched a deportation policy known by a racial slur – “Operation Wetback.”

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Martial court in Congo sentences to death leaders of rebel coalition unveiled in Kenya last year

Martial court in Congo sentences to death leaders of rebel coalition unveiled in Kenya last year

The AFC is a political-military movement launched by Nangaa in December with the aim of uniting armed groups, political parties and civil society against Congo’s government. One of its most renown members is the M23, an armed group accused of mass killings in eastern Congo’s decadeslong conflict.

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South Sudan teetering on the brink of collapse as oil revenues dwindle and police, army not paid in months

South Sudan teetering on the brink of collapse as oil revenues dwindle and police, army not paid in months

South Sudan’s economy largely depends on the oil it exports via neighbouring Sudan. But war in Sudan has created widespread chaos, and the pipeline in an area of fighting ruptured in February. The drop in oil revenues has compounded South Sudan’s long problem of official mismanagement.

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Trump sharpens attacks on Kamala as only a ‘woman who represents certain groups of people’

Trump sharpens attacks on Kamala as only a ‘woman who represents certain groups of people’

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Donald Trump repeatedly insulted Vice President Kamala Harris, attacking her intelligence and insisting he has not “recalibrated” his campaign despite facing a new opponent.

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Democrat Kamala Harris widens lead over Trump by 5 points as Republicans scramble to narrow gap

Democrat Kamala Harris widens lead over Trump by 5 points as Republicans scramble to narrow gap

In a separate poll, Ipsos found Harris leading Trump 42 per cent to 40 per cent in the seven states where the election was closest in 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. That result did not break down results for individual states.

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