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Indians storming the streets of New Delhi demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
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India’s Cockroach party supporters swarm the streets, Houthis declare naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, US aid workers quarantine at Ebola treatment center in Kenya

In New Delhi, thousands of protesters are marching to Parliament today to demand the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over a growing scandal surrounding the leak of a high-stakes med school entrance exam in May

An AI revolution for Africa?
AI For Good Summit

An AI revolution for Africa?

At the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Tony Maciulis speaks with Tonee Ndungu, a Kenyan entrepreneur who helped launch one of the tech hubs that became a baseline for what is now known as Silicon Savannah. Ndungu explains how growing up with dyslexia and ADHD shaped his focus on inclusion, and why he sees technology as a bridge that can help people move beyond the limits they have been told about themselves.

A demonstrator holds a Kenyan flag during a protest against a US-backed Ebola quarantine plan
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Protests over Ebola quarantine center in Kenya, Massive US midterm primary day, Trump and Bibi reportedly at odds

Hundreds took to the streets in Kenya after the US announced plans to build an Ebola quarantine center on a Kenyan air base, with protesters warning the facility risks introducing a disease the country has never recorded. President Ruto is defending the project.

The site of a destroyed drug rehabilitation hospital following a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 17, 2026.
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Pakistan hits drug rehab center in Kabul, Five female Iranian soccer players withdraw asylum claims, Meningitis outbreak in southeast England, Chinese national tries to smuggle ants out of Kenya

​Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga addresses delegates at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 9, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Kenya’s long-time opposition leader dies, World Bank doubles down on agriculture, US revokes visas of Charlie Kirk critics, & more

The UN at 80: Reform, multilateralism & the Global South’s voice
UN General Assembly

The UN at 80: Reform, multilateralism & the Global South’s voice

"It’s the only space right now that the Global South has for multilateralism," says Ambassador Philip Thigo, special envoy on technology for the Republic of Kenya.

Riot police officers fire tear gas canisters to disperse demonstrators in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru, Kenya, on July 7, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Kenya’s president cracks down further, UK and France open an atomic umbrella, Trump meddles in Brazil

Kenya’s president orders police to shoot at protesters, European nuclear powers expand umbrella, and US President Donald Trump goes after Brazil.

President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, smiles and points finger up while listening to interpreter headphones during the opening of the Third United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice.
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HARD NUMBERS: Corruption bombshell in Costa Rica, Tax Protests in Kenya, flaming butts in Greece, and more…

A tank on display at a park in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2025, two days ahead of a planned military parade.
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What We’re Watching: Trump’s parade prompts protests, Kenya protests turn deadly, Mongolia picks new leader

The official reason for this weekend’s military parade in Washington DC is to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US Army – but the occasion also just happens to fall on President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.

​FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, who supports Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures as he speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 17, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Musk doles out millions, Turkey talks Typhoon jets, Kenya delays high-level impeachment, Boeing makes progress with strikers