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Khat in Kenya: why efforts to ban this popular stimulant are unlikely to work

Khat – the stimulant leaves and twigs of the plant Catha edulis – seemed to have secure legal status in Kenya despite being illegal elsewhere. It had been declared an official cash crop in 2016, and efforts were under way to formalise its mostly informal production and trade.

The Conversation

Probe begins into police conduct during Kenya's anti-government protests

Kenya's police watchdog says it has begun an investigation into police conduct during protests against a government plan to impose new taxes

The Independent UK

At least 200 injured, 100 arrested in Kenya tax protests: Rights groups

Local media reported an unidentified man died from a gunshot wound to his thigh during riot police crackdown in Nairobi.

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Kenya probes deadly violence that erupted during tax hike protests

Kenyan police are to investigate violence that broke out on Thursday during protests against planned tax hikes. One person was killed and 100 people arrested, with rights groups accusing security forces of using live rounds to quell the rallies.

Radio France Internationale

South Sudan's vice president expresses concern over ongoing peace talks

South Sudan’s vice president says peace talks in neighboring Kenya have failed to acknowledge the country’s peace agreement established in 2018, alleging a new draft agreement is aimed at replacing the original peace deal

The Independent UK

Thousands Of Young Kenyans Protest Tax Hikes

Thousands of mostly young demonstrators took to the streets across Kenya on Thursday to protest tax hikes, blowing whistles and chanting slogans in a vivid show of anger by Gen-Z protesters against the government.

International Business Times

Kenya police use tear gas, water cannon as hundreds protest over tax hikes

Parliament debates controversial but watered-down finance bill that many fear will up cost of living.

Al Jazeera

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It's hard to find treatment for snakebites in Kenya. Thousands of people are dying every year

Antivenom for snakebites can be hard to find in Kenya, where about 4,000 snakebite victims die every year

The Independent UK

Protests In Kenya Over Tax Hikes Lead To Arrests

Protests in Kenya over tax hikes lead to arrests and government amendments, sparking criticism from civil society groups and Amnesty International.

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Haitian and Kenyan police chiefs meet as deployment of international force seemingly makes progress

According to The Associated Press, the arrival is now expected by late June

Latin Times

Kenya scraps tax hikes after protests

In tonight's edition: Kenya's government has scrapped some proposed taxes in this year's controversial finance bill, including a 16 percent levy on bread, following a public outcry.

France 24

Kenya Police Arrest Demonstrators As Hundreds Protest New Tax Hikes

Kenyan police fired tear gas and arrested at least a dozen demonstrators Tuesday as hundreds of people gathered near parliament to protest tax hikes, according to AFP journalists at the scene.

International Business Times

Research reveals that East Africans are fastest runners in 50k ultras

Analysis of over one million race records shows runners from East African countries as the fastest in 50km ultra marathons

Advnture

AI can make African elections more efficient – but trust must be built and proper rules put in place

Time magazine has dubbed 2024 a “super election year”. An astonishing 4 billion people are eligible to vote in countries across the world this year. Many are on the African continent, where presidential, parliamentary and general elections have already been held or are set for the latter half of the…

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Kenya’s first nuclear plant: why plans face fierce opposition in country’s coastal paradise

Unease and anger are rising over proposals to build country’s first facility on Kilifi coast, home to white sand beaches, coral reefs and mangrove swamps

Reason

Kenya Survey: "AI Clerk's Influence on Legal Outcomes Is Seen as No Less Legitimate" Than Human Clerk's

From Brian Flanagan, Guilherme Almeida, Daniel Chen & Angela Gitahi, The Rule of Law or the Rule of Robots? Nationally Representative Survey Evidence from Kenya: We explore the legitimacy of chatbot law clerks by conducting a nationally representative survey experiment of Kenya, a society whose views on such matters have…

France 24

Ukraine seeks path to a ‘just peace’ at Swiss summit

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped to find paths to a "just peace" as soon as possible, as a first international summit on pathways to end Russia's war in Ukraine opened Saturday.

The Independent UK

World leaders to meet at Swiss resort on possible Ukraine peace roadmap. Russia is notably absent

The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia will join many Western heads of state and government and other leaders at a conference this weekend aimed to plot out first steps toward peace in Ukraine – with Russia notably absent

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Significance Of Mgumo Fig Tree In Kenya's Independence Celebration

The Royal Family and the President visit Uhuru Gardens to honor Kenya's independence at the historic Mgumo fig tree. Symbolic flag-raising spot in 1963 und...

Marie Claire

Prince William Said He Took So Long to Propose to Kate Middleton Because He Was “Trying to Learn from Lessons Done In the Past”

The couple were together for nearly eight years before his rather spectacular proposal in Kenya in 2010.

France 24

Will local Kenyans benefit from lucrative coltan mining?

In January, the Kenyan government announced the discovery of coltan deposits in six counties across the country. This highly valuable mineral is used to manufacture high-tech devices like electric car batteries and mobile phones. The discovery of coltan could place Kenya on the map as a coltan exporter, a sector…

International Business Times

Kenya To Present Budget With New Tax Hikes

Kenya's finance minister is due to present Thursday the East African economic powerhouse's biggest ever budget, alongside a contentious finance bill that contains a raft of new or increased taxes.

The Independent UK

How to spot a social media travel scam – and avoid losing hundreds of pounds

Exclusive: We contact a scammer who asked us to ‘follow back and DM your number for assistance’

The Independent UK

Cooking and coughing: Respiratory diseases plague Kenya as more people burn wood to save money

In Kenya's capital, a woman cooking with firewood engulfs herself in smoke as she heats herself some tea

International Business Times

Climate Misinformation Overshadows Record Floods Worldwide

Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role of global warming in historic floods that have recently devastated countries from Brazil to Kenya.

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