The office of the first lady and that of the second lady will no longer receive budget allocation beginning July 1, 2024, President William Ruto has said. While revealing details of a new wave of austerity measures set to face the country, Ruto said the two offices will no longer be part of the equation. The move, Ruto said., will ...
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South Africa’s long-standing political landscape faced a pivotal shift as citizens queued late into the night to cast their ballots in a watershed election that could mark the end of the ANC’s uncontested 30-year reign. The ballot counting, underway since Thursday, has captivated the nation, with observers closely scrutinizing turnout figures and partial results to predict the fate of the ...
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President William Ruto of Kenya has announced that his country’s peacekeeping police force will be sent to Haiti to address the escalating gang violence. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Ruto revealed that a planning team is already in Haiti, having met with local police to finalize arrangements before the deployment of Kenyan troops. Ruto’s announcement follows his three-day ...
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Ghana Supreme Court has begun hearing a challenge to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by parliament in February. The court granted a request by lawyer and journalist Richard Dela Sky to challenge the controversial bill. The bill prescribes a three-year jail term for people who identify as gay and five to 10 years for LGBT advocates. The lawsuit, which was filed ...
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A rescue operation is continuing in South Africa after a five-storey building under construction collapsed. This killed two people and left another 53 trapped. Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 22 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital. A team of 75 crew were on the site when the building collapsed on ...
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