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Kenya, Armenia activate diaspora cooperation pact ahead of global summit

Kenya and Armenia have moved to operationalise a bilateral agreement on diaspora affairs, establishing a joint committee to coordinate cooperation/. Even though  very little is publicly known about the size and profile of the two countries’ communities in each other’s territories, Diaspora Affairs PS Roseline Njogu on Wednesday held talks with Armenia’s High Commissioner for

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Algeria’s 2029 ambitions expose fault lines at the top of African Union

Algeria’s reported efforts to strengthen its influence within the African Union Commission have exposed tensions at the top of the continental institution. According to insider reports, growing contest over senior appointments within the AU Commission is raising questions about the organisation’s independence and the 2029 leadership succession. A story by investigative publication Africa Intelligence on Tuesday reported

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Kenya, IOM step up efforts to combat human trafficking, protect diaspora

Kenya and the International Organization for Migration are seeking to strengthen cooperation against human trafficking, improve protection of Kenyans abroad and enhance support for victims returning home. The renewed push emerged on Monday during a meeting between IOM Chief of Mission to Kenya Nomagugu Ncube and Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu. The two officials discussed

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Opaque party funding Africa’s biggest election integrity weakness – report

Opaque political party funding remains Africa’s weakest governance area, raising concerns about the influence of undisclosed financiers on democratic competition, a new report  has found. The Integrity Narratives 2026 report by the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) finds that the continent’s average score for political finance has never exceeded 10 out of 100, highlighting

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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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Russian fertiliser giant courts Kenyan potato farmers in Naivasha

Russian fertiliser producer Uralchem Group is seeking to deepen its engagement with Kenyan farmers, using the 13th World Potato Congress in Naivasha to showcase its products. The company is participating in the October 26–30 congress, which has brought together about 1,000 delegates from more than 60 countries for discussions and exchanges on potato production, research

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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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How local media has helped northern Uganda heal scars of LRA war

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

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