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Kenya won’t evacuate students from China, They are safe in Wuhan Foreign Affairs PS says

Photo Credit/ Daily Nation/Outgoing Health CS Sicily Kariuki addresses the press, flanked by other government officials, on Kenya’s preparedness for coronavirus response and the state of at least 91 students in Wuhan, China, February 7, 2020. The government will not evacuate at least 91 Kenyan students who are in Wuhan, China, following an outbreak of

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Blow to Sonko as court freezes his 10 bank accounts again

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko Thursday suffered a blow after the High Court froze his 10 accounts, holding about Sh18 million, suspected to have been stolen from the county. The freezing order was granted two days after the embattled governor successfully argued for the lifting of an order obtained by the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) in

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About 500,000 EU citizens yet to apply for UK residency after Brexit

Signage is seen at the UK border control point at the arrivals area of Heathrow Airport, London, September 3, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo An estimated 500,000 European Union nationals in Britain have yet to apply for a new immigration status, which most will need to remain in the country after Brexit. The government is introducing

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How Rampant Illegal Fishing Is Destabilizing Somalia

Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Alamy Stock Photo New research examines how illegal fishing hurts Somalia’s economy, exacerbates conflicts, and upsets political stability. In Somali waters, illegal fishing is a pervasive problem. It triggers clashes between foreign and domestic fishers, and destabilizes Somali life. For at least seven decades, foreign fishers have harvested Somalia’s fish with little

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Trump cleared of abuse, impeachment acquittal on track

In this image from video, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts arrives for the vote in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (Senate Television via AP) President Donald Trump on Wednesday was found not guilty of the first article

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Former British PM Cameron’s bodyguard forgets loaded gun in plane toilet

Britain’s former Prime Minister David Cameron arrives to attend the National Service of Remembrance, on Remembrance Sunday, at The Cenotaph in Westminster, London, Britain, November 10, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson A passenger found a loaded pistol and David Cameron’s passport in an airplane toilet after the former British prime minister’s bodyguard forgot them there, the British

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EU rejects Trump Middle East peace plan, annexation

Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission holds a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo The European Union rejected parts of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Middle East on Tuesday, prompting an angry response from Israel which has

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Saudi Arabia rejects handing over Khashoggi’s investigation to Turkey

Jamal Khashoggi speaking at AlSharq Forum conference [AlSharq Forum] Saudi Arabia yesterday refused a recent request by Turkey to obtain the investigation file conducted by the Riyadh Criminal Court on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Turkey’s Yeni Şafak quoted local legal sources as saying that that the public prosecutor in the country’s city of

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UAE arranged Netanyahu, Sudan leader meet: Israel daily

Source told Israeli daily that ‘small circle’ of senior officials in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt informed about meeting The United Arab Emirates (UAE) organized the meeting between Israeli premier and Sudan’s sovereign council head, according to an Israeli daily. On Monday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudan’s Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan met in Uganda for talks. The

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Kenya’s former president Daniel arap Moi, has died at 95

This Oct. 2002 file photo shows former President of Kenya Daniel arap Moi. Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and presided over years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim, File) Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving

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