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Ukraine Suffers Widespread Blackouts As Russia Attacks Energy Grid
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Ukraine Suffers Widespread Blackouts As Russia Attacks Energy Grid

Ukrainians are suffering from widespread power outages as Russia’s recent missile attack hits the country’s energy infrastructure. Recall that Russia recently intensified its...

Mali's Goita Accuses France of Printing Counterfeit CFA Francs to Sabotage Malian Economy
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Mali’s Goita Accuses France Of Printing Counterfeit CFA Francs In Repeat Of 1960 ‘Operation Persil’

Mali’s transitional President, Colonel Assimi Goïta, has accused the French government of attempting to destabilise the country’s economy by injecting counterfeit CFA franc...

Israeli Defence Minister Runs To US For 'Critical' Talks As Gaza-Lebanon Conflict Heightens
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Israeli Defence Minister Runs To U.S. For ‘Critical’ Talks As Gaza-Lebanon Conflict Heightens

Israeli Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant has flown to meet top Biden administration officials in Washington on what he described as ‘critical’ talks concerning...

Kenyans Question US Delegation Presence In Parliament During Finance Bill Debate
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Kenyans Question U.S. Delegations’ Presence In Parliament During Finance Bill Debate

Kenyans are questioning a group of 10 U.S. Congressional delegations, who, on Thursday, were sighted inside Kenya’s National Assembly Gallery as Members of...

China Sanctions US-owned Lockheed Over Arms Sales To Taiwan
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China Sanctions US-owned Lockheed Over Arms Sales To Taiwan

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has sanctioned a US-owned company which deals in arms manufacturing and sales, Lockheed Martin, for selling weapons...

According to reports, Police in Nairobi arrested and assaulted paramedics during live coverage on CNN. The paramedics, who had identified themselves, were apprehended amidst ongoing protests against the controversial Finance Bill 2024.
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‘7 Days of Rage’: Kenya’s Gen Z Protesters Declare #TotalShutDown Over Tax Hikes

Kenya’s Generation Z has declared a week-long protest to express their undying determination to oppose the Finance Bill 2024 despite passing its second...

Kenya Police Freed Journalist Arrested For Reposting Senator Orwoba's Number On X
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Kenyan Police Release Journalist Arrested for Sharing Senator Orwoba’s Number on X

The Kamkunji Police Division in Kenya has released a Nairobi-based journalist, Edgar Wabwire, who was arrested for reposting the number of a House...

Outrage As Kenya Police Shoots Protester, Rex Kanyike During Anti-Finance Bill Protest
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Outrage As Kenya Police Shoots Protester, Rex Kanyike During Anti-Finance Bill Protest

Nairobi Police have shot a protester following the nationwide Anti-Finance protest led by Gen Z on Thursday night while heading home. The now-deceased...

Kenya's Finance Bill Passes Second Reading Despite Public Outcry
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Kenya’s Finance Bill Passes Second Reading Amidst Nationwide Protest

The contentious Finance Bill has passed a second reading in Kenya’s Parliament on Thursday amidst nationwide protest, leading to the arrest of over...

Kenyan Youth Set For Another Protest Over Finance Tax Bill
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Young Kenyans Set For Another Protest Over Finance Tax Bill

In a protest dubbed “occupy parliament”, young Kenyans are set for another protest against the Finance Bill, which has called for more taxation...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
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Close Protection Officer For PM Rishi Sunak Arrested Over Election Bet

A close protection officer for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been arrested and suspended over allegations of betting on the timing of the...

Rivers State Governor, Fubara
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Rivers’s APC Calls For State Of Emergency, Says The State At War

The leadership of the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in...