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Nairobi MCA Abass Khalif urges youths to embrace peace amid rising unrest:...
TUKO
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July 8, 2025
South C Member of County Assembly Abass Khalif said the country needs prayers ahead amid rising political tension The ODM party MCA pleaded with youths across the country to value peace while advancing their issues Abbas was speaking during the...
Kenya police gun down 11 protesters
Gulf Daily News Online
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Kenyan police fired to disperse demonstrators in Nairobi marking the 35th anniversary of pro-democracy rallies yesterday, and police said 11 people were killed nationwide in the latest anti-government protests to end in bloodshed. The death of...
Kenya: Successful energy wheeling trial with Ethiopia, Tanzania
ESI Africa
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July 8, 2025
Kenya has positioned itself as a central player in East Africa’s evolving electricity market, following the launch of a two-week wheeling trial transmitting electricity from Ethiopia to Tanzania via its national grid infrastructure. The trial,...
Kenya Simbas humble Uganda to keep World Cup dreams alive
The Standard
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Kenya Simbas winger Griffins Chao (center) in action against Uganda during the ongoing Rugby World Cup qualifiers in Kampala,Uganda. [Courtesy, NileSpecial] Kenya Simbas survived a late Ugandan pressure to qualify for the 2024 Rugby Africa Cup...
Kenya: Concerns Over Deaths In Protests
Scoop
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 8 July 2025 We are deeply troubled by the killings yesterday of at least 10 people, as well as looting and destruction of property in Kenya as...
Kenya protests: 31 die in highest one-day death toll of year
Deutsche Welle
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July 8, 2025
The death toll from Kenya's anti-government protests on Monday has surged to 31, marking the highest single-day toll since demonstrations began earlier this year, according to the state-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. The report...
Kenya still gripped by tension after ‘Saba Saba’ protests turned deadly
Africa Feeds
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July 8, 2025
Tensions still remain in Kenya, a day after at least 11 people were killed and 29 others sustaining injuries in violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police forces. Monday’s unrest erupted during demonstrations held on Saba Saba,...
South Korea donates KSh2.3 billion rice to support 720,000 refugees in Kenya
TV47
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July 12, 2025
The World Food Programme (WFP) has received a significant donation of over 23,000 metric tons of rice from the Republic of Korea to support refugees in Kenya. The shipment arrived at the Port of Mombasa on Friday, July 11, and is expected to...
Kenya urged to develop the SGR belt to create jobs for economic growth
The Standard
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Standard Gauge Railways (SGR) Nairobi Terminus . December 6th,2024. [FILE/Standard] Think tanks and diplomats have argued that the country is not utilising the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) as it should and must begin transforming it into a...
Kenya charges 37 arrested at anti-government protests with terrorism
The Standard
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France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks next to Kenya's President William Ruto during the United Nations 4th International Conference on Financing and Development in Seville, on June 30, 2025. [AFP] Kenya will press terrorism charges against 37...
Kenya dispatch: 35th anniversary of Saba Saba protests marked by demonstrations, deaths in Nairobi and beyond
JURIST
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July 8, 2025
Yesterday the country woke up to yet another day of commemoration, marking 35 years since the famous Saba Saba Movement, first held on July 7, 1990. The movement began as a protest, demanding multiparty democracy against the then-government’s...
Kenya survives Rugby Cranes scare to reach Africa Cup semis
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 8, 2025
The Kenya Simbas kicked off their 2025 Rugby Africa Cup campaign, which also doubles as the 2027 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, with a hard-fought 32-24 win over rivals Uganda at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Kampala on Tuesday evening. Kenya drew...
RUGBY AFRICA CUP: How Zimbabwe will line up for Kenya tie
Three Men on a Boat
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July 12, 2025
Photo by Beto Valderrama on Pexels.com Zimbabwe’s senior men’s rugby team, the Sables, are set to take on regional rivals Kenya Simbas in what promises to be a fiercely contested encounter at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala, Uganda. The...
Kenya: Hospitals Damaged In Nairobi And Nearby Town Amid Anniversary Protests
StratNews Global
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July 8, 2025
Home Africa Kenya: Hospitals Damaged In Nairobi And Nearby Town Amid Anniversary Protests In the first incident in the town of Kitengela, 34 km south of Nairobi, more than 100 unidentified attackers armed with clubs forced their way into a...
Kenya: Tensions after more deadly protests
Deutsche Welle
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July 8, 2025
Despite a relative calm after unrest in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya on Monday, businesses remained closed and roadblocks in place. In Embu, to the northeast of the capital, protesters gathered once more on Tuesday after a lawmaker was...
Kenya Under-20 team gears up for World Lacrosse Championship
The Standard
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Kenya Lacrosse National team's Brian Oramisi (left) and Raymond Mutua face off during training in Nairobi ahead of U20 World Lacrosse Men's Championship to be held in Korea this August. July 6, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] When Victory Akinyi...
Kenya: 11 killed, over 500 arrested in nationwide anti-government protests
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 8, 2025
Nairobi [Kenya], July 8 (ANI): At least 11 people were killed and more than 500 detained during anti-government protests across Kenya, CNN reported, citing the country's National Police Service on Monday (local time). As per CNN, security forces...
Passion for Care, at Home and Abroad
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 19, 2025
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES 07.19.2025 For Sgt. Francesca Chindemi, a combat medic with the 108th Medical Company Area Support, 213th Regional Support Group, service is about more than just training, it's about preparation,...
Nairobi to host another global body
The Standard
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President William Ruto, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, former Senegalese President Macky Sall, UoN Chancellor Patrick Verkooijen are taken through a plan for the Global Centre on Adaptation at the Kenya School of Government on July 8,...
Kenya Breaks Ranks in Africa, Supports LGBT Rights Vote as US Pulls Back
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 8, 2025
Kenya on Monday was among a host of countries that took a vote to renew the mandate of an LGBTQ+ rights expert. The vote will reinforce the international community’s commitment to documenting and addressing human rights violations against LGBTQ+...