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Duale pledges support for Ruto regardless of BBI route

National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale Deputy President William Ruto’s roadmap to State House come 2022 is “unstoppable”, National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale has said. Mr Duale, who is Garissa Town’s member of Parliament, said on Sunday that those trying to derail the DP’s quest to take over from President Uhuru Kenyatta are wasting

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Iran rejects ‘conditional release’ for Iranian-British woman

Nazanin Boniadi, left, actress and activist, Sarah Moriarty, the daughter of Robert Levinson, a U.S. hostage in Iran, Babak Namazi, the brother of Siamak Namazi and son of Baquer Namazi, who are both being held hostage in Iran, and Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a U.K. hostage in Iran, speak about their family

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Death toll in India citizenship law protests climbs to 17

Indians gather for a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act after Friday prayers outside Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. Police banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities for a third day Friday and cut internet services to try to stop growing protests against a new

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Ethiopia Launches First Satellite Named ETRSS-1 From China

A Chinese Long March 4B rocket (CZ-4B) today blasted off into space carrying onboard Ethiopia’s first remote sensing satellite, ETRSS-1, at 03:21 GMT from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China. The flight which was earlier scheduled for 17 December was scrubbed for three days due to unfavourable weather. The 3-stage orbital carrier rocket ferried

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Greek police fire tear gas at migrants on island of Samos

Smoke from tear gas canisters rises next to a camp for refugees and migrants, during clashes between migrants and riot police, on the island of Samos, Greece, December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Samiaki TV Greek police on Thursday fired tear gas at migrants protesting against their detention and living conditions in a migrant camp on the northern

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Trump impeached for abuse of power

Credit: AFP / Brendan Smialowski/ US President Donald Trump has become just the third occupant of the White House in American history to be impeached President Donald Trump was impeached for abuse of power in a historic vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting up a Senate trial on removing him from office

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Kenya lacks titles for 13 properties abroad

Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau Kenya has no title documents for 13 of its foreign properties spread across the world, a parliamentary team has said in a report. Macharia Kamau, the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, agreed with former Auditor-General Edward Ouko that the government does not have original title documents

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House votes on impeaching Trump for abuse of office

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (House Television via AP) US President Donald Trump faced his ultimate political crisis Wednesday in a historic congressional vote to impeach him for abuse of

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‘Wealthy Western, Arab states failed in refugee crisis’

Turkey’s president says avoiding the refugee problem does not eliminate it, after co-chairing 1st Global Refugee Forum Developed and wealthy Western countries, as well as some rich Arab nations, failed to step up to resolve the refugee crisis, according to Turkey’s president. “The world avoiding the refugee problem does not eliminate this problem,” Recep Tayyip

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Four kidnapped in Wajir by suspected Al-Shabaab militants

Credit: Daily Nation Wajir East Deputy County Commissioner Omara Beja (centre) with a section of the county security team in a past event Four construction workers were Tuesday abducted by an unknown number of suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Wel Garas area in Wajir County. Wajir East Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) Omar Beja confirmed the incident

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