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Kenya at 60: six key moments that shaped post-colonial politics

Kenya celebrates 60 years of independence this year. As a political scientist who has studied Kenya for the past 20 years, I consider a turning point from each decade that helped to shape the east African country’s post-colonial politics. I haven’t selected elections, assassinations or other moments that have enjoyed…

The Conversation

Two men killed in Kenya's anti-tax protests

The number of people killed in protests in Kenya rose to two on Saturday, a hospital official told French news agency AFP, after opposition leader Raila Odinga urged Kenyans to take to the streets against tax hikes.

Radio France Internationale

Women working at Kenyan factory forced to undress to 'show if they have their period'

Three people at a Kenyan cheese factory have been arrested on indecent assault charges after they forced female employees to strip when a sanitary towel was found in "the wrong bin"

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Activists in Kenya burn tires and block roads to protest taxes. Police detain more than 20 people

Anti-government demonstrators in Kenya have lit bonfires and barricaded major roads in the capital as part of nationwide protests against the government’s plans to increase taxes

The Independent UK

One man shot dead in Kenya amid protests over tax hikes

The protests are to oppose tax increases imposed amid soaring cost of living despite a court-ordered suspension.

Al Jazeera

Kenya delays reopening border with Somalia: All the details

Kenya postpones reopening the border amid turbulent ties and al-Shabab attacks.

Al Jazeera

Kenya's president lifts 6-year logging ban to create jobs. Environmentalists are concerned

Kenyan President William Ruto has lifted a six-year ban on logging over the concerns of environmentalists

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Senegal's President Macky Sall announces he will not seek third term in office

In tonight's edition: Senegal's Macky Sall rules out running for president again, after months of tension over suggestions that he was considering a third term in office. In Mozambique, residents begin returning to Cabo Delgado, on the northern coast, after years of a deadly Islamist insurgency. And we look at…

France 24

Meet the ‘headstrong historian’ bringing Africa’s past to life – for Africans

A visit to Nairobi’s archives led to a ‘eureka moment’ for Kenyan Chao Tayiana. She set out to retell colonial narratives – using digital technology to bring lost and suppressed stories to light

The Guardian - UK

At least 51 killed and 32 injured in vehicle crash in Kenya, police and Red Cross say

A truck rammed into several other vehicles and market traders in western Kenya, killing at least 51 people, police said.

WEKU

At least 51 people killed after Kenya truck crash

Eyewitnesses told local media that the truck veered off the major highway and hit several vehicles before hitting pedestrians and traders

Evening Standard

At least 51 people killed in road accident in western Kenya, 32 injured, police and Red Cross say

A truck has rammed into several other vehicles and market traders in western Kenya killing at least 51 people, police said

The Independent UK

Dozens killed in horrific Kenya road crash

NAIROBI - At least 48 people were killed when a truck lost control and ploughed into other vehicles and pedestrians at a busy junction in western Kenya on Friday, police said.

Bangkok Post

Lifelong friend shows appreciation for Fiona with flowers to brighten up her day

The Wishaw mum is always helping others and has twice travelled to Kenya to help locals there

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Facebook content moderators in Kenya call the work 'torture.' Their lawsuit may ripple worldwide

Nearly 200 former content moderators for Facebook are suing the company and a local contractor in a court case in Kenya that could have implications for the work worldwide

Autosport

Why Safari Rally Kenya’s unique challenge is imperative for the WRC

In recent weeks plenty of discussion and brainstorming has focused on how rallying’s top tier can be improved on several levels. This has largely been orchestrated by current World Rally Championship drivers who believe it is time for the discipline to make changes to grow. Technical and sporting regulations, event…

France 24

Julius Maada Bio reelected in Sierra Leone for second term as president

In tonight's edition: Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio is reelected for a second term with over 56 percent of Saturday's vote, but the opposition is crying foul. Also, Kenya's main opposition leader Raila Odinga calls for disobedience from his followers over the government's latest raft of tax hikes. Plus…

The Conversation

African women lawyers: numbers are up but report sheds light on obstacles to leadership in the profession

The African continent currently leads the world in the number of women chief justices and presidents of constitutional courts. Several countries across the continent have almost equal numbers of women and men at the bar.

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The Guardian - UK

Urgent action needed to protect ‘dying’ Kenyan domestic workers in Gulf, say rights groups

Deaths and alleged abuse of Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia fuels demands for Nairobi to act on human rights

Autosport

WRC Safari Rally: The Good, The Bad and a battle between champions

Top Performer - Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais

Glasgow Live

Glasgow MS sufferer misses out on 'once in a lifetime' safari as flat roof caves in

Jacqueline Smith, 60, had planned a dream trip to Kenya, however, the wheelchair user had to cancel the holiday after flood damage to her home resulted in the roof collapsing

Daily Record

Scots MS sufferer loses dream holiday after housing association fail to fix leak at Glasgow home

Wheelchair-user Jacqueline Smith was due to jet off to Kenya for a safari trip on June 5 but was unable to go over fears her adapted flat in Glasgow would flood.

The Hindu

Kenyan legend Kipchoge sets sights on Olympic marathon treble

Eliud Kipchoge is widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner of all time has set himself many challenges in his dazzling career, and remains insatiable despite his two Olympic titles, his world record of 2:01:09 in Berlin in 2022 and an incredible 15 wins in 18 marathons he has entered.

Autosport

Abiteboul: WRC Safari Rally reliability issues a “wake up call” for Hyundai

The weaknesses of the team's i20 N Rally1 were made clear in Kenya last weekend after Esapekka Lappi suffered three prop shaft failures followed by another problem that left the Finn with only two-wheel drive.

Belfast Live

NI football coach's stock on the rise following Kenyan Premier League title win

His side Gor Mahia finished one point ahead of rivals Tusker after Sunday's final round of games

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