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At least 31 dead, 532 arrested in Kenya’s antigovernment protests

Protesters take cover amid clouds of tear gas fired by Kenyan police officers during clashes at Saba Saba Day demonstrations in Nairobi on Monday [Simon Maina/AFP]

The death toll from antigovernment protests in Kenya has surged to at least 31 people, the country’s human rights commission said, with at least 107 others wounded during the nationwide marches.

In a statement on Tuesday, the National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) also reported two forced disappearances in the wake of Monday’s marches, which commemorated a 1990 uprising against undemocratic governance in the East African nation.

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