East Africa
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Moody’s upgrades Kenya’s credit rating on lower default risk
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Kenya’s sovereign credit rating from B3 to Caa1, citing a decline in near-term default risk supported by stronger external liquidity and improved access to international capital markets.
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Tanzania families still looking for bodies 3 months after protests
Manenos Selanyika could only receive a symbolic burial. His family never found his body after the violent unrest of Tanzania’s election three months ago.
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‘Our children are next’ fear Kenyans as drought wipes out livestock
In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.
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Kenya on Upward Trajectory, President Ruto Affirms Progress Across Key Sectors,
Political realignments appear to be taking shape ahead of the 2027 General Election, with key opposition figures from Mt. Kenya attending the UDA National Governing Council (NGC) at State House, Nairobi.
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PS Mwangi: All set for 2026 Magical Kenya Open
Kenya’s golfing landscape was set ablaze as the inaugural PGK Equator Tour came to a thrilling close at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club.
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Emotions as three US-based siblings die in a grisly road accident in Kenya
Kenyans in the diaspora and the homeland, as well as friends and family, are today holding a memorial service for the three US-based siblings who died in a freak road accident while on holiday in …
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Uganda opposition figure in hiding, another risks death in jail
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine told AFP Wednesday he was on the run following last week’s election, while another, Kizza Besigye, risks dying from illness in jail, his wife said.
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Kiongozi wa upinzani Uganda ajificha, mwingine akiwa mahututi hospitalini
Kiongozi wa upinzani nchini Uganda, Bobi Wine, amesema yuko mafichoni kufuatia uchaguzi wa wiki iliyopita, huku kiongozi mwingine wa upinzani, Kizza Besigye, akiwa mahututi kutokana na hali mbaya ya afya, kwa mujibu wa mke wake.
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Gen Muhoozi deletes tweets threatening Bobi Wine
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has deleted a series of threatening posts he directed at supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and opposition leader Robert Kyangulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.
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General Muhoozi threatens to kill Bobi Wine
Uganda’s army chief, who is also the son of long-serving president Yoweri Museveni, said he wants opposition leader Bobi Wine dead, days after Wine claimed he had been forced into hiding.
