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Kenya candidates make final bid for votes as campaigning closes

Nairobi – The frontrunners for Kenya’s presidential election were set to make their final push for votes on Saturday,... Read more

6 Aug, 2022

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The tricky challenges ahead for Kenya’s next leader

Nairobi – Spiralling prices, endemic corruption and a mammoth debt mountain: whoever takes the helm after Kenya’s presidential elections... Read more

5 Aug, 2022

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Uhuru Kenyatta, millionaire heir and inscrutable president

Nairobi – Puppet or strategist, dilettante or power-hungry heir? After nearly 10 years in power and a mixed legacy,... Read more

5 Aug, 2022

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Senegal president’s camp loses absolute majority in parliament

Dakar – Senegalese President Macky Sall’s coalition has lost its absolute majority in parliament but finished first by a... Read more

5 Aug, 2022

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Kenya’s Ruto: the chicken seller turned presidential ‘hustler’

Nairobi – Kenya’s William Ruto, the sharp-suited deputy president now running for the top office, is one of the... Read more

4 Aug, 2022

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‘Baba’ Odinga: Kenya’s diehard presidential hopeful

Nairobi – Raila Amolo Odinga, a veteran Kenyan political leader and one-time prime minister, has long cast himself as... Read more

4 Aug, 2022

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Senegal opposition seeks delay in release of poll results

Dakar – Senegal’s opposition formally requested on Wednesday that the results of recent legislative elections be withheld until its... Read more

4 Aug, 2022

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Toilets, funerals, rap: Kenya’s no-stone-unturned campaign

Nairobi – At funerals, in rap videos or even inside public toilets: Kenya’s election candidates are leaving no stone... Read more

3 Aug, 2022

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Congo-Brazzaville president’s party wins 111 of 151

Brazzaville – Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s party won 111 seats in the 151-member National Assembly after two rounds... Read more

3 Aug, 2022

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Change of guard in Kenya: the 5 reasons neighbours watch every step

Nicodemus Minde, United States International University Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta – whose final term in office ends after the... Read more

2 Aug, 2022