The use of the phrase has triggered an online discussion, memes and funny comments in Kenya with many users calling on Osaka, whose father was born in Haiti and whose mother is Japanese, to reconsider.
Rwanda, a former German and Belgian colony, joined the Commonwealth in 2009 and has in recent years moved closer to the English-speaking world.
Home Affairs Minister Hamad Masauni last week asked for stern measures to curb an “influx of illegal immigrants, most of whom drove their flocks of cattle, goats and sheep into Loliondo Game Controlled Area”.
Central Mali has been plagued by violence since the Al-Qaeda-affiliated organisation emerged in 2015.
A large part of the area is beyond state control and is prone to violence by self-defence militias and inter-community reprisals.
The four-time presidential candidate was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly inciting violence, the second time he has been slapped with that charge in recent weeks.
Four people were beheaded in the remote village of Natupile, terrified residents fled the area
The tax needs to be approved by Tanzania’s parliament, which will vote on the budget before July.
The regional director also warned that the risk was increasing as summer had arrived with “tourism, various Pride events, music festivals and other mass gatherings planned across the region.”
A first flight was due to take off from Britain for the East African country late Tuesday but was cancelled after a last-minute ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
Somalia’s ambassador to Kenya, Mohamoud Ahmed Nur, walked out of the event in Nairobi on Tuesday in protest at the presence of the Somaliland envoy, its embassy said in a statement.
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