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Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms with immediate effect
By Reuters,
1116, February 25, 2021 (EAT)
Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as weeks of mass d...
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Exiled in Kenya, Stella Nyanzi continues to speak out
By VOA,
906, February 19, 2021 (EAT)
As a child, Stella Nyanzi’s parents fled from then-Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada in the 1970s, forcing her to live in Kenya as a refugee for five ...
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3-judge bench to hear 9 petitions against Nairobi DG Anne Kananu
By Citizen Reporter,
1330, February 18, 2021 (EAT)
Acting Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu has appointed a three-judge bench to hear nine petitions against Nairobi DG Anne Kananu. Justice Said Chitembw...
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Bobi Wine challenges election result in court
By Reuters,
1603, February 1, 2021 (EAT)
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a supreme court challenge seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory...
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Slum dwellers battle COVID-19 downturn with virtual currency
By Reuters,
849, January 21, 2021 (EAT)
Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered. As...
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Court stops swearing in of Anne Kananu as Nairobi Governor
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1906, January 18, 2021 (EAT)
The High Court has temporarily stopped the swearing in of Anne Kananu Mwenda as Nairobi Governor pending the hearing of a petition filed by the Law So...
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Anne Kananu Mwenda takes over as Acting Nairobi Governor
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1457, January 18, 2021 (EAT)
Anne Kananu Mwenda has taken over as acting Nairobi Governor from Speaker Benson Mutura days after she was sworn in as deputy governor. Addressing ...
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Meet Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi, the force behind Bobi Wine
By Waihiga Mwaura,
1650, January 17, 2021 (EAT)
I first saw Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi in person one day before the 2021 Ugandan General election. She stepped out of their Magere home alongside he...
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Yoweri Museveni declared winner of Uganda’s presidential poll
By Reuters,
1717, January 16, 2021 (EAT)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged wides...
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LSK to challenge swearing-in of Nairobi Deputy Governor Anne Kananu Mwenda in court
By Elphas Lagat,
1429, January 16, 2021 (EAT)
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) will challenge the swearing-in of Nairobi Deputy Governor Anne Kananu Mwenda in court. Kananu's rushed vetting, appr...
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How the U.S. helped Museveni stay in power for over 3 decades
By CNN,
133, January 14, 2021 (EAT)
Ugandans go to the polls on January 14, with Bobi Wine and nine other candidates challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in powe...
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Bobi Wine arrested again, police fire tear gas at protesters
By Reuters,
1055, December 31, 2020 (EAT)
Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, and his campaign team were arrested on Wednesday. Also Re...
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UN rights experts urge Uganda to halt pre-election violence, arrests
By Reuters,
857, December 30, 2020 (EAT)
United Nations human rights experts called on Uganda on Tuesday to rein in violent security forces and drop charges against political opponents and ac...
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Martha Karua on BBI: We are not going back to dictatorship
By Citizen Reporter,
622, November 30, 2020 (EAT)
NARC Kenya leader Martha Karua has criticized President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga over what she terms as attempts towards dictatorshi...
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Activists demand Kenya’s withdrawal from Geneva Consensus Declaration over women’s human rights
By Citizen Reporter,
1510, November 12, 2020 (EAT)
21 Kenyan civil society groups have petitioned the Government of Kenya to withdraw from the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD). According to them, ...
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What does a Biden win mean for Africa?
By Reuters,
1512, November 8, 2020 (EAT)
Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election is set to affect Africa’s 1.3 billion people on issues ranging from climate change ...
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President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech
By CNN,
943, November 8, 2020 (EAT)
President-elect Joe Biden addressed a deeply divided nation Saturday night, turning to the challenges ahead by grounding his victory speech in the spi...
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Anxiety, suspicion exacerbate U.S. post-election uncertainty
By Reuters,
841, November 5, 2020 (EAT)
Weary from one of the most bruising U.S. presidential races in modern times, Republican and Democratic voters alike were in a state of high anxiety on...
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Biden confident, Trump accuses Democrats of trying to steal tight White House election
By Reuters,
1033, November 4, 2020 (EAT)
Democrat Joe Biden said he was confident of victory and President Donald Trump accused Democrats of trying to steal the election on Wednesday as a tig...
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Facebook faces hate speech crisis in India
By CNN,
1028, September 23, 2020 (EAT)
Facebook is facing multiple simultaneous controversies in the United States, particularly around disinformation, hate speech and political bias. But t...
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