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Kenya's Odinga challenges election result 'criminality' in court

Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga on Monday challenged Kenya's presidential election results in the Supreme Court and alleged the tally had involved "criminality", sharpening a political contest gripping East Africa's powerhouse.

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US congressional delegation in Kenya amid election crisis

A U.S. congressional delegation has arrived in Kenya to meet with the new president-elect and the opposition figure likely to file a court challenge to his election loss in the latest electoral crisis for East Africa’s most stable democracy

The Independent UK

How politics has subverted conservation efforts to protect Kenya’s Mau Forest

The Mau Forest Complex is the largest montane tropical forest in East Africa. This is an ecosystem with rich biodiversity and characterised by high rainfall.

The Conversation

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La Niña sea temperatures driving floods in Australia and drought in the United States and Africa

Australia could see more floods and America and Africa may experience ongoing drought for months to come, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

ABC News

Kenya election body: Ruto's party wins governorship of Kenya's capital

Deputy President William Ruto's party has won the governorship of Kenya's capital Nairobi, the election commission announced on Sunday, handing Ruto's party control of East Africa's wealthiest city.

Reuters

Kenyans anxious for news on next president, two days after tight vote

Kenyans crowded round radios and televisions on Thursday, increasingly anxious for news of who their next president might be, two days after voting in an election ended.

Reuters

Economy, political permutations at centre of Kenyan election

The vote is seen as a key test of stability for East African powerhouse and a referendum on the president’s legacy.

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Cowadunga! Rotten eggs and manure halt crop-raiding elephants in East Africa

A foul-smelling liquid concocted from rotten eggs, cow dung and other natural ingredients is helping to save farmers’ crops from hungry elephants in Uganda and Kenya.

Radio France Internationale

The four men vying to win Kenya’s presidential election

The biggest challenge for the four men competing to succeed Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is to ease the cost of living crisis engulfing East Africa’s biggest economy.

Tribune News Service

Weary and wary, Kenyans gear up for national elections

East Africa's economic powerhouse will hold elections on Aug. 9 to select a new president, parliament, county governors and assemblies. President Uhuru Kenyatta will be stepping down after serving his constitutionally allowed 10 years.

Reuters

Zambia can meet growing food demand: how to fix what's standing in its way

African countries face great challenges in adapting to climate change to meet growing demand for food. The current drought in East Africa is the latest manifestation of changing weather patterns.

The Conversation

Western countries are shipping refugees to poorer nations in exchange for cash

The U.K. government was due to begin its first deportation flight to remove asylum-seekers to the East African country of Rwanda on June 14, 2022, exactly two months after signing the U.K.-Rwanda agreement. The asylum-seekers were from several war-torn and politically unstable countries, including Syria, Sudan and Iran.

The Conversation

East Africa bloc says 50 million face acute food insecurity

More than 50 million people in the wider East African region are expected to face acute food insecurity this year, a regional bloc said Friday, warning that some 300,000 in Somalia and South Sudan are projected to be under full-blown famine conditions

The Independent UK

Why sexual and reproductive law for east African countries is being resisted

Six of the countries of the East African Community – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania – recently concluded public hearings on a new sexual and reproductive health bill. Proponents of the bill argue that it will improve access to sexual and reproductive health which, in turn, will…

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Between Kenya and Uganda, an undecided border (3/4)

Located on Lake Victoria in East Africa, Migingo is the most densely populated island in the world. Covering an area smaller than a football pitch, the tiny island is home to several hundred people from Uganda and Kenya. Both countries have territorial claims on this piece of land located near…

The Independent UK

East African leaders send regional force to eastern Congo

East Africa’s leaders have responded to the threat of war between Rwanda and Congo by instructing a new regional force to deploy in eastern Congo and ordering an immediate cease-fire

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why Rwanda and Congo are sliding toward war again

The threat of war with neighboring Congo is simmering under the tidy surface of Rwanda’s capital as the East African nation hosts the British prime minister and other world leaders next week for the Commonwealth summit

The Conversation

What the 100-year-old Makerere University in Uganda reveals about culture

Makerere University, which marks its centenary this year, is well-known as the oldest university in East Africa and as a cradle of political elites. Its alumni include presidents and prime ministers – among them Joseph Kabila (Democratic Republic of Congo), Julius Nyerere and Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania), Mwai Kibaki (Kenya), and…

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Study: Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content

A new study has found that Facebook failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election

The Times of India

Sunil Gavaskar named Goodwill Ambassador of Zanzibar

MUMBAI: In yet another feather in his highly decorated cap, Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has been named as the Goodwill Ambassador of Zanzibar, an autonomous region of Tanzania in East Africa.

Daily Mirror

Rats trained to find earthquake survivors buried under rubble in bid to save lives

Research scientist Dr Donna Kean, 33, from Glasgow, has been training rats in Tanzania, East Africa. She said the animals can get into small spaces and are 'perfect for search and rescue-type work'

Evening Standard

East Africa is gripped by famine, but nobody really seems to care

As the cost-of-living crisis grips the UK, half way across the world another more deadly disaster is unfolding. A fourth season of failed rains is causing one of the worst droughts east Africa has seen in decades.

The Conversation

Banana paper could save East Africa's potatoes from devastating worms

Potatoes originated in South America, where they were domesticated about 8,000 years ago. The plants were eventually brought to Europe in the mid-1500s, from where they spread to the rest of the world.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Reestablishes US Troop Presence inside Somalia

President Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, a senior American official told reporters Monday. The move reverses an order from Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, who in late 2020 pulled nearly all US forces from…

The Independent UK

Theresa May questions legality and ethics of plan to send migrants to Rwanda

Home Secretary Priti Patel faced a barrage of criticism in the Commons on the plans to send some asylum seekers 4,000 miles to East Africa.

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