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Tshisekedi skips crisis summit as M23 tightens grip on eastern DRC

The Congolese and Rwandan presidents were scheduled to hold talks at an emergency East African summit on Wednesday as M23 rebels, backed by Kigali, tighten their grip on the strategic eastern city of Goma.

Radio France Internationale

Who can share seeds? As counterfeits hurt African farmers, it’s a growing question

Climate change and recent troubles with counterfeit seeds have challenged Kenya's agriculture efforts to improve food security

The Independent UK

Protesters attack French, US, Rwandan embassies in DRC

Demonstrators attack embassies of France, Belgium, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and the United States in Kinshasa.

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Kenya’s farmers have lots of digital tools to help boost productivity – how they can be made more effective

Digital agriculture is often hailed as an almost magical trigger for promoting successful farming, even among smallholder farmers in the developing world.

The Conversation

More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to boost mission against gang violence

Kenya has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti to provide backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where spiralling gang violence has displaced more than a million people, including one in eight children.

Radio France Internationale

How the invasive water hyacinth is threatening fishermen's livelihoods on a popular Kenyan lake

Water hyacinth was first sighted on Kenya's popular Lake Naivasha about 10 years ago

The Independent UK

Kenya deploys 217 more police officers to Haiti under UN-backed mission to tackle gang violence

Kenya’s interior minister says the east African nation has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti as part of a Kenya-led multinational force to curb gang violence

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African countries need more PhD graduates but students are held back by a lack of money and support

Over the past 15 years there’s been an increasing demand from within and outside the higher education sector for African countries to produce more PhD graduates. For this to happen, it’s important to know what’s holding people back from pursuing or completing their doctoral degrees. The authors of a new…

The Conversation

The Long Wave: ‘How do you teargas a baddie?’: Kenya’s gen Z revolutionaries

A vibrant protest movement mobilised online is taking on Kenya’s political elite. Plus, Somalia and Ethiopia rebuild diplomatic bridges

The Guardian - UK

Tanzania Rights Activist Latest Abduction Victim In Kenya

A renowned Tanzanian rights activist was kidnapped on the streets of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, only to be released after a rapid intervention by rights groups.

International Business Times

A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa's problem of urbanizing while poor

Tatu City outside Kenya's capital is a startup city, privately owned and with aspirations of eventually having a population of 250,000

The Independent UK

Kenya abductions: the powerful legal shields citizens and courts can use – expert

Kenya’s national human rights commission recorded 82 abductions or enforced disappearances between June and December 2024. Many of the people reported missing after the country’s anti-tax protests later resurfaced, but some have been found dead. Dozens of young Kenyans reported being snatched from their homes or the streets by armed…

The Conversation

Plane crash-lands and bursts into flames in Kenya, killing 3 on the ground

A police official says a light aircraft has crash-landed in Kenya’s coastal Malindi County, killing three people on the ground

The Independent UK

Kenya court rules that criminalising attempted suicide is unconstitutional

The judgment has been welcomed as an important shift in perceptions by human rights and mental health groups

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Scottish firms to make case for country in Kenya trade mission

Scottish companies are being invited to do business with an African country that has “immense potential” through an upcoming trade mission.

The Independent UK

The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage

Officials say more than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence

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Jocelyn Wildenstein's remains to be taken to Kenya

Jocelyn Wildenstein will be remembered in private funeral service in Paris and after being cremated, her ashes will be laid to rest in Kenya.

The Conversation

‛My father insisted that I have the baby, but not in his house’ – Kenya’s teen mums lack support

Kenya’s pregnant teenagers aren’t getting the support they need. These young women face massive hurdles, like access to healthcare, and social and economic challenges. Importantly, they often face stigma and discrimination.

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International Business Times

Kenya Airways Shares Trade Again After Four-year Hiatus

The airline sought a suspension in July 2020 when the government proposed a law to renationalize the troubled carrier in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic that devastated global air travel.

LiveScience

Massive piece of space junk crashes into village in Kenya — and officials still have no idea where it came from

A 1,100-pound metal ring from a rocket smashed in to a Kenyan village, where it startled residents and flattened trees

The Independent UK

Mysterious giant metallic ring falls in Kenya

‘Red and hot’ object suspected to be rocket debris

International Business Times

1,000 Pound Hunk Of Space Junk Crashes Into Kenyan Village

The metallic ring is believed to come from a rocket launch.

Radio France Internationale

Kenyan police detain protesters at demonstration against forced abductions

Kenyan police have detained demonstrators, including an opposition lawmaker, at rallies protesting against a series of abductions allegedly carried out by security forces. Dozens of Kenyans have reportedly been abducted since youth-led anti-government demonstrations began this summer.

Al Jazeera

Kenya police fire tear gas at protest against alleged government abductions

Several, including politician, reportedly among those detained by police in Nairobi at site of antigov’t protests.