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Kenya's Ruto marks shift from Kenyatta on first day in office

Our headlines across the continent: William Ruto spends his first day in charge of Kenya. The new president is putting a focus on climate policies and reversing some of his predecessor's actions. In Burkina Faso, the director of a mining company has been found guilty of manslaughter after eight people…

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From Dadaab to Mogadishu: More refugees return to rebuild Somalia

Somalis who fled the country because of conflict are now returning home from one of the world’s largest refugee camps.

Al Jazeera

Kenya’s new president promises ambitious climate plan

Kenya’s newly elected president William Ruto said that climate change will be key to the government’s agenda and made an ambitious pledge to ramp up clean energy and phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2030 during his inauguration speech Tuesday

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Kenya's women leaders look to new president to keep his promises

Kenyan President William Ruto, who was sworn into office on Tuesday, is taking power at a time when the country has the largest number of elected female representatives in history - and they want him to keep his promise of getting more women into politics.

Reuters

William Ruto sworn in as Kenya's new president

In tonight's edition: A village boy becomes Kenya's president, as former vice president William Ruto takes the oath for the country's top job before cheering crowds. Also, Ethiopia's embattled northern Tigray region is reportedly hit by drone strikes, a day after talk of a ceasefire. And we see how fishmongers…

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New president Ruto pledges to work for all Kenyans

Nairobi (AFP) - William Ruto pledged to work for all Kenyans after he was sworn in as president at a pomp-filled ceremony on Tuesday, five weeks after his narrow victory in a bitterly-fought but largely peaceful election.

AFP

William Ruto, sworn in as Kenya's president, touts his chicken seller roots

Ruto also seemed to have mended fences with his former boss, outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta, asking him to keep leading talks on regional crises. His ascent concluded a markedly peaceful election.

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Ruto pledges to work for all Kenyans after swearing-in

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Ruto sworn in as Kenya's president after disputed poll

Nairobi (AFP) - William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth post-independence president at a pomp-filled ceremony on Tuesday, five weeks after his narrow victory in a bitterly-fought but largely peaceful election.

AFP

Kenya's President William Ruto sworn in after divisive vote

William Ruto has been sworn in as Kenya's president. He narrowly won the Aug. 9 election in East Africa’s most stable democracy over longtime opposition figure Raila Odinga. The Supreme Court last week rejected challenges to the official results.

France 24

William Ruto sworn in as Kenya's president in wake of divisive poll

Tens of thousands of spectators packed the Kasarani stadium in Nairobi on Tuesday to watch William Ruto being sworn in as Kenya's fifth president following his narrow victory over Raila Odinga in a bitterly fought but largely peaceful election.

Radio France Internationale

Ruto sworn in as Kenya's president after divisive poll

Nairobi (AFP) - William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth post-independence president at a pomp-filled ceremony on Tuesday, after his narrow victory in a bitterly-fought but largely peaceful election.

AFP

Ruto sworn in as Kenya's fifth president

William Ruto was sworn as Kenya's fifth president on Tuesday, taking the helm a week after the country's top court threw out petitions challenging his victory.

Reuters

Several injured in crush at Kenyan presidential inauguration

Several people were injured on Tuesday in a crush at the gate of the stadium in Kenya's capital where Deputy President William Ruto will be sworn in as president, medical officials said.

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The Independent UK

Injuries in crush at stadium as Kenya inaugurates president

A number of people have been crushed and injured as Kenyans forced their way into a stadium where William Ruto will be inaugurated as president on Tuesday

AFP

Ruto to be sworn in as Kenya's president after divisive poll

Nairobi (AFP) - Tens of thousands of spectators packed a Nairobi stadium on Tuesday to watch William Ruto being sworn in as Kenya's president after his narrow victory in a bitterly fought but largely peaceful election.

Reuters

'Hustler' Ruto becomes Kenya's fifth president after close election

William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his defeated opponent in a close-fought election he won by portraying himself as an underdog "hustler" battling the elite.

The Conversation

Kenya’s maize price has doubled in a year: 6 ways to avoid a staple food shortage

The elections in August offered Kenyans a temporary distraction from some of the challenges the country is facing. At the top of these challenges is food insecurity. In 2022, the country has experienced higher food prices than ever before. Among the commodities that have seen high price increases is maize.…

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The Guardian - UK

‘A brutal legacy’: Queen’s death met with anger as well as grief in Kenya

Politicians pay warm tributes but memories of colonial atrocities prompt fierce criticism too

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Hyundai: "Destroying so many things" in Kenya led to historic WRC 1-2-3

The reaction from “destroying so many things” during a disastrous Safari Rally Kenya paved the way for Hyundai’s historic maiden World Rally Championship 1-2-3, according to the team.

Chicago Sun-Times

Queen’s death brings conflicted emotions in former colonies: ‘I cannot mourn’

Beyond official condolences praising the queen’s longevity and service, there is some bitterness about the past in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and elsewhere.

WEKU

Whatever happened to the 'No Sex for Fish' women after the flood? Hint: It's 'amazing'

That's what a charity worker said of their latest plan. The Kenyan fishmongers got their own boats to escape pressure to trade sex for fish to sell. Then floods wiped them out. Now there's new hope.

Radio France Internationale

Calls in Kenya for UK to return resistance leader's head

Calls are mounting in Kenya for Britain to return the head of a revered tribal leader who led a bloody resistance movement against colonial rule more than a century ago, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘I Cannot Mourn’: Former Colonies Conflicted over the Queen

Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world, many of them unwilling. Today, in the British Empire's former colonies, her death brings complicated feelings, including anger. Beyond official condolences praising the queen’s longevity and service, there is some bitterness about the past…

The Guardian - UK

David Olusoga on the Queen, the Commonwealth and the monarchy’s future

With the passing of the Queen, many think the end is near for the imperial institution she fought so hard for. What realities lie ahead for King Charles III?

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