Mwanzo Editor
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Kenya police fire tear gas at anti-govt protesters
It is the third time this month that opposition leader Raila Odinga has staged mass rallies against a government he says is illegitimate and to blame for a cost-of-living crisis
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Kenyan court acquits ‘miracle baby’ pastor in trafficking case
Senior Principal Magistrate Robison Ondieki found the 86-year-old not guilty, ruling that the prosecution had not produced enough evidence to link Deya to the charges.
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Tear gas fired on opposition convoy as Kenyans stage protests
Police were out in force for the protests, the latest called by Odinga this year over the policies of the government of President William Ruto.
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What we know about Threads, Meta’s ‘Twitter killer’
Threads has become the fastest-downloaded app ever on Apple’s app store.
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Over 10 million people have signed up to Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter
Threads was introduced as a clear spin-off of Instagram, which offers a built-in audience of more than two billion users, sparing the new platform the challenge of starting from scratch.
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Zimbabwe declares end of crippling daily blackouts
The information ministry said a cabinet meeting had “noted with satisfaction” that the power utility “has announced the end to load-shedding as a result of the interventions implemented” by government.
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Facebook owner Meta to launch Twitter-like ‘Threads’ app
“Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow,” says the app’s description on the store.
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Twitter to limit TweetDeck to ‘verified’ users
The social media firm, bought by billionaire Elon Musk last year, has been thrashing around for ways to make a profit, cutting staff and ramping up its paid-for subscriptions.
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Kenya’s Ruto lifts six-year logging ban
Ruto said the move was “long overdue” and was aimed at creating jobs and opening up sectors of the economy that rely on forest products.
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US rapper Travis Scott won’t face criminal charges over concert crush
Some 50,000 people had packed into Houston’s NRG Park for Scott’s Astroworld music festival when the crowd started pushing toward the stage as he was performing, triggering chaos.
