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A demonstrator holds a Kenyan flag during a protest against a US-backed Ebola quarantine plan
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Protests over Ebola quarantine center in Kenya, Massive US midterm primary day, Trump and Bibi reportedly at odds

Hundreds took to the streets in Kenya after the US announced plans to build an Ebola quarantine center on a Kenyan air base, with protesters warning the facility risks introducing a disease the country has never recorded. President Ruto is defending the project.

The UN at 80: Reform, multilateralism & the Global South’s voice
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The UN at 80: Reform, multilateralism & the Global South’s voice

"It’s the only space right now that the Global South has for multilateralism," says Ambassador Philip Thigo, special envoy on technology for the Republic of Kenya.

Riot police officers fire tear gas canisters to disperse demonstrators in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru, Kenya, on July 7, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Kenya’s president cracks down further, UK and France open an atomic umbrella, Trump meddles in Brazil

Kenya’s president orders police to shoot at protesters, European nuclear powers expand umbrella, and US President Donald Trump goes after Brazil.

A tank on display at a park in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2025, two days ahead of a planned military parade.
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What We’re Watching: Trump’s parade prompts protests, Kenya protests turn deadly, Mongolia picks new leader

The official reason for this weekend’s military parade in Washington DC is to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US Army – but the occasion also just happens to fall on President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.

​FILE PHOTO: A Kenyan police officer stands guard during a joint operation with Haitian police, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 29, 2024.
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Blinken heads to Haiti as Kenyan force faces time crunch

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Haiti for the first time on Thursday, underscoring American support for the struggling Caribbean government and the Kenyan-led security mission meant to stabilize the country.

​Pro-reform protesters participate in an anti-government demonstration over what organisers say are tax hikes, bad governance, constitutional violations, extra-judicial killings and cost of living, in Nairobi, Kenya, August 8, 2024.
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Kenya set to reintroduce tax hikes. Will protests follow?

The Kenyan government is reintroducing the controversial tax plan that fueled young Kenyans’ protests earlier this summer.