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​Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga addresses delegates at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 9, 2024.
Hard Numbers

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
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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

​FILE PHOTO: A Kenyan police officer stands guard during a joint operation with Haitian police, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 29, 2024.
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Blinken heads to Haiti as Kenyan force faces time crunch

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Haiti for the first time on Thursday, underscoring American support for the struggling Caribbean government and the Kenyan-led security mission meant to stabilize the country.

​Pro-reform protesters participate in an anti-government demonstration over what organisers say are tax hikes, bad governance, constitutional violations, extra-judicial killings and cost of living, in Nairobi, Kenya, August 8, 2024.
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Kenya set to reintroduce tax hikes. Will protests follow?

The Kenyan government is reintroducing the controversial tax plan that fueled young Kenyans’ protests earlier this summer.

Ugandan police officers detain protestors during a rally against what the protesters say are rampant corruption and human rights abuses by the country's rulers in Kampala, Uganda July 23, 2024.
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Kenyan-inspired protests spread across Africa

Kenyan President William Ruto nominated four opposition ministers to his new “broad-based” cabinet on Wednesday to appease growing government dissatisfaction – a move that's already being labeled a corrupt bribe by protesters.

​Members of the second contingent of Kenyan police greet each other after arriving in the Caribbean country as part of a peacekeeping mission, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 16, 2024.
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Double duty: Kenya and Bangladesh try to balance domestic crises with Haiti aid

Haiti’s Prime Minister Garry Conille called for gangs to surrender their weapons and recognize the state’s authority late Wednesday, as a Kenyan-led police mission there enjoys some early success.