President William Ruto has called for Africa's inclusion in reforming international financial and governance institutions, including the UN Security Council, IMF, and World Bank, arguing these institutions need to be democratised for the benefit of all nations. He made the remarks during a media interview in Evian, France, on the sidelines of the G7 Summit.
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President William Ruto has called for Africa's inclusion in reforming international financial and governance institutions, including the UN Security Council, IMF, and World Bank, arguing these institutions need to be democratised for the benefit of all nations. He made the remarks during a media interview in Evian, France, on the sidelines of the G7 Summit.
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Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has changed his position on a Sh1.7 billion deal between Kenya and the US for a quarantine facility at Nanyuki Airbase to treat American nationals infected by Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Katiba Institute has returned to court seeking punishment for Duale and the Attorney General for continuing construction of the facility despite a court ruling halting it.
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The National Assembly held a heated debate on the Finance Bill, 2026 yesterday, with MPs from across the political divide raising concerns over several clauses. The Finance Committee defended the Bill as reform-focused rather than mainly introducing new taxes.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate has adopted a bill that would allow a constitutional referendum to reset President Felix Tshisekedi's term limit, potentially enabling him to serve a third term as if it were his first. All 89 senators present voted in favour; the bill still requires presidential signature.
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Moody's Ratings warns that the Kenya Kwanza administration's planned belt-tightening is unlikely to succeed amid revenue shortfalls, spending rigidity, and weak debt affordability as it seeks to fund a record Sh4.82 trillion budget for the 2026-27 financial year.
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The 2025 Remittances Household Survey estimates inflows from abroad at Sh931.8 billion, with first generation individuals in the diaspora identified as the highest contributors of remittance.
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Angola's state oil company Sonangol has secured a $2.65 billion financing deal with a syndicate of foreign banks including Standard Bank of South Africa, Societe Generale, Absa, and First Abu Dhabi Bank to fund operational expenditure and capital investment. Sonangol is also in talks with Chinese financial institutions for a $4.8 billion loan to finance construction of a new refinery in the Atlantic port of Lobito.
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The Speaker of the National Assembly has directed the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary to coordinate a government response to rising water levels in Lake Turkana and other Rift Valley lakes. MPs warn of a looming humanitarian crisis affecting communities in Turkana, Baringo and other regions, with displacement, disease, loss of livelihoods and crocodile attacks among the threats.
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A journalist witnessed about 50 boda boda riders gathering near ACK All Saints Cathedral on Friday morning, appearing to listen intently to a speaker before an incident of disruption at the sacred space.
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Observers warn that the government's plan to compensate police brutality victims without an apology, as recommended by a taskforce, risks embolening rogue officers and worsening killings and injuries, since neither the government nor law enforcers have acknowledged wrongdoing or shown remorse.
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India's electronics ministry restricted access to Telegram messenger until the day of a retest of a nationwide medical college entrance examination, following a question paper leak scandal last month. The National Testing Agency said the measure was taken to prevent cheating rackets from using the platform to defraud candidates.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans not to scapegoat migrants for the country's challenges, including unemployment, crime, and poor service delivery, amid recent anti-immigrant unrest and violence where mobs have been ordering undocumented foreigners to leave.
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A 68-year-old Rwandan man is on trial in the Netherlands, accused of inciting and participating in the massacre of 3,000 Tutsis in the southern Mbazi district during the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, and of looting and destroying Tutsi homes.
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China's foreign minister told Pakistan that the second phase of US-Iran negotiations, which Pakistan has helped mediate and which are set to produce a memorandum of understanding on Friday, will be "more difficult" than the first stage. Wang Yi said the current consensus is a new starting point, not a final destination, and called for greater UN Security Council involvement and sustained efforts from all parties toward lasting Middle East peace.
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