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Tunisia’s president faces little challenge ahead of vote.Tunisians voting Sunday will face a sharply narrower field. Out of 14 aspiring presidential candidates, the country’s electoral commission handpicked by current President Kais Saied approved just three. The first is in prison. The second is considered close to Saied. The third is Saied himself. Former Tunisian minister…

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Rwanda is battling its first-ever outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, with 36 cases reported so far and 11 deaths. The World Health Organization said this week the risk of the outbreak is very high in Rwanda, high across the African region, and low global. Marburg is a virus from the same family as Ebola….

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Ana Filomena Rocha, Ambassador of Portugal to Kenya, paid a visit to Diaspora_KE Principal Secretary, @roselinenjogu . The meeting held focused on strengthening cooperation between Kenya and Portugal across various sectors including collaboration in the Information and Technology sector among other areas of interests. Amb. Rocha shared with PS Njogu plans of enhancing service delivery…

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A section of Members of Parliament from the Mt Kenya region, who proposed the motion to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office, have now changed their stance. MPs Geoffrey Wandeto from Tetu, Rahab Mukami from Nyeri, and Njoroge Wainaina from Kieni have stated that they will not continue with efforts to oust DP Gachagua….

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More than 100 people, mostly women and children, were missing after an overloaded boat bringing them back from an Islamic festival at night capsized in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said. The locally made boat, whose capacity was 100 passengers, had about 300 people onboard along the Niger River when it overturned in Niger state’s Mokwa district…

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The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has dissociated itself from a proposal in the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2024 seeking to extend the presidential term limit from five to seven years. UDA Secretary General Omar Hassan termed the move retrogressive and primitive in a statment released Wednesday evening. He condemned Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei, the sponsor of…

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Around 23 bodies have been recovered and 40 people rescued following a boat accident on Lake Kivu, Colonel Molatelo Motau of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday. A video showed the two-deck boat tilting sideways before capsizing in calm waters. A local migration authority said that…

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Two vessels carrying migrants from Africa sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti, killing 45 people, the UN migration agency said. The boats had departed from Yemen carrying 310 people, the International Organization for Migration said. Thousands of migrants from African, Middle Eastern and South Asian countries seeking a better life in…

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Ministry of Health on Wednesday confirmed one more mpox case, raising the total count in the country to nine as the government strengthened public health response to the disease. Deborah Barasa, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health, said in a statement released in the Nairobi that the case had been confirmed in Nakuru. “The…

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Kenya’s State Department for Diaspora Affairs has urged Kenyans in war-torn Lebanon to register for evacuation urgently. Despite repeated reminders, the government expressed disappointment that many have yet to take advantage of this crucial initiative aimed at ensuring their safety, even as tension persists in the country. In a statement released on October 1, the…

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