@aaronross6

Reuters East Africa deputy bureau chief. [email protected]. https://xitter.cf/t.co/pw1M6EUEFM

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Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strand drugs in warehouse reuters.com/business/healthc…

Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strands drugs in warehouse

The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Kenya's capital Nairobi has been rationing supplies of antiretrovirals to one-month refills since the U.S. government froze...

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Sending workers abroad has been at the core of development strategies of Asian countries like the Philippines and Bangladesh for decades, but it has not been widely embraced in sub-Saharan Africa. That is starting to change reut.rs/42RVP0i @aaronross6 @MariaRomar 1/6

In search of economic boost, some African countries send workers abroad

They line up by the hundreds to meet recruiters at schools in provincial towns and convention halls in large cities, some carrying advanced diplomas, others with only a primary education to their...

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My deep dive into how the deaths of some Kenyan protesters were mischaracterized by police as road accidents and mob justice. At the country’s biggest morgue, only one gunshot death was recorded between June 25, the most violent day of protest, and June 30 reuters.com/world/africa/how…

How Kenya police hid killings of anti-government protesters

Charles Owino was killed by a gunshot during protests. Kenya’s police recorded his death as a road accident. Reuters investigates an alleged cover-up of protester killings.

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Kenyan police in Haiti submit resignations over pay delays reuters.com/world/kenyan-pol…

EXCLUSIVE: Kenyan police in Haiti submit resignations over pay delays

Nearly 20 of the roughly 400 Kenyan police officers serving in Haiti on a U.N.-backed anti-gang force have submitted letters of resignation from the mission over the past two months because of pay...

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Shortages and delays hit morale of Kenyan officers in Haiti reuters.com/world/americas/s… My latest on @Reuters

Shortages and delays hit morale of Kenyan officers in Haiti

Pay issues and shortages of equipment and manpower have sapped morale among Kenyan police officers deployed to Haiti and hampered their ability to confront heavily armed gangs, four officers told...

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I knew Joe well when he worked as a conservationist in Congo. To accuse him of mobilising armed groups in Central African Republic on behalf of Islamic State is absurd.
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Barasa, a former soldier and not widely known as a businessman, said he owned a hospital in Turkey. "Yes, I have a helicopter. I have a helicopter that I purchased," he said. "I am an inspiration of very many young people in this country." reuters.com/world/africa/soc… by @DG_Lewis

Kenya MPs flaunting wealth on social media added fuel to tax protests

Luxury cars, private helicopters, mounds of cash. The lavish lifestyles of Kenya's lawmakers, splashed across TikTok and X, added fuel to anger simmering last month among a young, plugged-in popula...

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Kagame expected to cruise to fourth term in Rwanda election reuters.com/world/africa/kag…

Kagame expected to cruise to fourth term in Rwanda election

Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected to cruise to a fourth term in office in an election on Monday against two opposition candidates who were cleared to run against him but have only modest...

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Kenya rights groups decry abductions as government cracks down on protests reuters.com/world/africa/ken…

Kenya rights groups decry abductions as government cracks down on protests

Kenyan activist Bill Eugene Omollo was walking home after dark in his Nairobi neighbourhood on June 20 when he spotted trouble - two men eyeing him next to a parked white pick-up without number...

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Exclusive: Kenya president spoke to IMF chief after pulling tax hikes, sources say reuters.com/world/africa/ken…

EXCLUSIVE: Kenya president spoke to IMF chief after pulling tax hikes, sources say

Kenyan President William Ruto spoke by phone with International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva in the days after he withdrew $2.7 billion in proposed tax hikes in response to deadly...

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Kenyan activists rethink strategy after protests descend into violence - reuters.com/world/africa/ken…

Kenyan activists rethink strategy after protests turn violent

Activists behind Kenya's anti-government protests are rethinking their strategy after demonstrations on Tuesday were marred by violence and looting that they fear could undermine the movement and its...

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Centrafrique: la famille du citoyen belgo-portugais Joseph Figueira Martin, détenu depuis un mois, dénonce une «injustice» rfi.my/Aiuy.X via @RFI

Centrafrique: la famille du citoyen belgo-portugais Joseph Figueira Martin, détenu depuis un mois,...

En Centrafrique, cela fait un mois que Joseph Figueira Martin, citoyen belgo-portugais de 41 ans, spécialiste des questions de transhumance et de pastoralisme, a été arrêté. Ancien collaborateur...

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Kenya government committed to cutting spending, finance minister says reuters.com/world/africa/ken…

Kenyan activists call for more protests as govt pledges austerity

Kenyan activists called for protesters to take to the streets again on Tuesday, with many rejecting appeals from President William Ruto for dialogue following his decision to withdraw proposed tax...

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Kenya protests expose jet-setting Ruto's neglect of discontent at home - reuters.com/world/africa/ken… by ⁦@DG_Lewis⁩

Kenya protests expose jet-setting Ruto's neglect of discontent at home

In the two years since he was elected, Kenya's President William Ruto has wowed global climate activists under the Eiffel Tower, brushed shoulders with global tech titans in Silicon Valley and was...

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After dramatic tax win, Kenyan protesters plot next moves reuters.com/world/africa/aft…

Kenya's young protesters plot next moves after dramatic tax win

After their stunning success in forcing the government to shelve $2.7 billion in tax hikes, young Kenyan activists are setting their sights higher, taking aim at ingrained corruption and misgoverna...

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Deadly Kenyan protests that scuppered tax hikes + a failed coup amid fading economic prospects in Bolivia this week are violent reminders of dangers posed by faltering economies + punishing austerity measures. reuters.com/world/kenya-clas… @libbyegeorge @KarinStrohecker @aaronross6
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Reports claiming that the MoU between Somaliland and Ethiopia has been canceled are fake news .
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Kenya's youth-led protest movement leaves Ruto fumbling for a response reuters.com/world/africa/ken… with @Edwincowino

Kenya's youth-led protest movement leaves Ruto fumbling for a response

As John Aron headed out to join the protests raging outside parliament, he felt something huge had already shifted in Kenyan politics, jolting it away from its decades of dominance by party strongmen...

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Kenyan police to arrive in Haiti this week, US State Department says

The first Kenyan police officers assigned to tackle rampant gang violence in Haiti are leaving Kenya on Tuesday and are set to arrive this week, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

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