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Africa: Somalia, Eswatini Pledge Stronger Ties At Korea-Africa Ministerial Meeting
[Shabelle] Seoul — Somalia’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi met with Eswatini’s Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Thambo Gina, on the sidelines of the Korea-Africa Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Seoul, where the two officials discussed strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation between their countries.
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Uganda: Uganda’s Utility Bets On Scale, Technology and Reform to Keep Pace With a Fast-Growing Nation
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala — Uganda’s state water utility is under mounting pressure from all sides: a fast-growing urban population, erratic weather patterns, ageing infrastructure and persistent financial constraints.
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Kenya: Prosecution Seeks 30 Days to Detain 9 Utumishi School Girls Over Arson Case
[Capital FM] Naivasha — The prosecution has applied for 30 days’ detention orders for nine Utumishi School students linked to last week’s arson incident in which 16 students died.
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Ethiopia: Voting Interrupted in ‘Certain Areas’ of Oromia and Amhara Regions
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba — The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said 143 polling stations across the country failed to open today due to security-related problems, while voting that had already begun was later interrupted in parts of the Oromia and Amhara regions.
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Kenya: Ruto Offers Historic Apology to Northern Kenya Over Years of State Neglect
[Capital FM] Wajir — President William Ruto has issued a formal apology to the people of Northern Kenya for decades of State-sanctioned marginalisation and neglect that have resulted in the region severely lagging behind in national development.
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Kenya: Police Clash With Nanyuki Protesters Over Proposed Ebola Facility As Tensions Escalate
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Anti-riot police clashed with hundreds of protesters in Nanyuki on Monday as demonstrations against a proposed Ebola quarantine and isolation facility at Laikipia Airbase turned chaotic, prompting security officers to fire tear gas and shoot in the air to disperse crowds.
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Kenya: Wajir Stadium to Be Named After Late Kibaki Minister Ahmed Khalif, Ruto Announces
[Capital FM] Waji — The newly constructed Wajir Stadium will be named after the late Wajir West MP and former Labour Minister Ahmed Khalif, President William Ruto has announced, in what leaders described as a long-overdue recognition of his public service and contribution to the region.
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Kenya: Ruto Pledges to End Northern Kenya’s Historical Exclusion and Discrimination
[Capital FM] President William Ruto has pledged to end decades of exclusion and discrimination against residents of Northern Kenya, declaring that his administration is committed to ensuring equal citizenship, access to opportunities, and development for communities that have long felt left behind.
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Uganda: What’s Wrong With How U.S. and Uganda Plan to Stop Ebola Spreading
[The Conversation Africa] As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to rein in a growing outbreak of a rare Ebola virus, other countries are establishing protocols for keeping their own populations safe.
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Somalia: Somali Piracy Is Back – Fuelled By Political Turmoil, Aid Cuts and the Iran War
[The Conversation Africa] On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It was steered towards an anchorage near the port of Garacad in Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in north-eastern Somalia.