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AU hails Okowa’s ICJ election as boost to Africa’s voice in global justice

Okowa’s election highlights Africa’s growing contribution to international law and strengthens the continent’s presence in the world’s highest judicial body.

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Indigenous women break barriers in historic US midterm elections

The election of three Indigenous women to senior political offices in the US marks a breakthrough for communities historically excluded from power. Deb Haaland, Peggy Flanagan and Claire Valdez made history in the November 3 midterm elections, taking Indigenous representation into some of the country’s most influential political institutions. Haaland, a member of the Laguna

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Amnesty chief faults Ruto over taxes, crackdown on dissent

Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard has warned that Kenya’s handling of taxation, public spending and debt reflects authoritarian practices that are undermining democratic accountability. Drawing parallels with challenges facing Europe in a statement published on X, Callamard linked the wave of youth-led protests that has swept Kenya since 2023 to rising living costs, the

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Slovenia targets Kenya’s market with 20-member business delegation

Slovenia is stepping up efforts to expand its economic footprint in East Africa, with Kenya emerging as a potential gateway for its businesses seeking opportunities across the region. The European country is preparing to send a 20-member business and institutional delegation to Nairobi later this month, alongside an official visit by Foreign Minister Tone Kajzer,

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Kenya, IFAD push climate-resilient farming, higher incomes for smallholders

Kenya and the International Fund for Agricultural Development are seeking to strengthen climate-resilient agriculture, boost farm productivity and improve incomes for smallholder farmers as the government steps up efforts to transform the rural economy. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi on Thursday  said the priorities featured in discussions with IFAD’s new Country Director and Representative to

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Kenya must turn Europe-China rivalry into development gains

BY PAUL KURGAT For a truck driver waiting to move cargo from Mombasa, a farmer in Naivasha trying to reach overseas markets, or a nurse in a rural clinic without reliable internet, geopolitics can seem distant. Yet the struggle for influence between Europe, China and emerging powers is increasingly being fought through the roads, power

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Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Peace Prize and Ethiopia Cycle of War

By GWYNNNE DYER Another October coming up, and still the Nobel Peace Prize Committee refuses to give Donald Trump his Prize. They even gave one to Barak Obama, who was Black and a Democratic and had only been in office for twenty minutes. Meanwhile, they ignore a man truly worthy of the Prize, a man

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Why September could be the most dangerous month in Middle East

By GWYNE DYER Making predictions in print is rarely a good idea, and saying ‘I told you so’ is always rude, but rules are made to be broken. On 10 June, one week before the short-lived ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ on the Middle East war was signed, I wrote a piece on that war that predicted

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Why reunification and One-China principle benefits Kenya

BY DENNIS MUNENE The recent cancellation of a planned visit to Eswatini by Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s purported leader, has reignited the debate on the Taiwan question and China’s reunification process. To date, about 183 countries, including Kenya, have established diplomatic ties with China on the basis of the one-China principle, which represent the universal consensus

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The Kinyahwe colonial court at centre of battle for museum project in Nyandarua

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