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July 3, 2024

Kenya: Ruto’s government declares tax protesters wanted

Kenyan authorities on Tuesday declared some anti-Finance bill protesters wanted as the protests run into its third week. 

A composite of anti-Finance Bill protesters, Kenya police officers and President William Ruto
July 3, 2024

Ruto’s ministers, lawmakers get pay rise amid bloody anti-tax hike protests

The pay rise for Mr Ruto’s cabinet members and lawmakers, which, according to local media, took effect on July 1, coincided with anti-finance bill protests in Kenya.

Ruto and demonstrators
July 2, 2024

#RutoMustGo: Kenyan youths carrying coffins defy police clampdown, hit streets for third week

The protest against the finance bill proposing a tax hike started on June 18 and has morphed into calls for Mr Ruto’s resignation despite the bill’s withdrawal.

Protesting Kenyans
July 2, 2024

Fourteen die in Southern Egypt building collapse

The dead bodies were retrieved from under the rubble.

Egypt
July 1, 2024

UN ‘outraged’ by attack on food trucks in Sudan

“The aid looted from a WFP convoy in Central Darfur will no longer go to the most vulnerable people in need,” she said in a post on X.

SUDAN CRISIS
July 1, 2024

39 deaths, 316 injuries, 32 enforced disappearances recorded so far in Kenya protests: KNCHR

This contradicts President William Ruto’s claim that only 19 deaths were recorded.

Protesting Kenyans
July 1, 2024

Mauritanian president re-elected for second term

Elections were held on Saturday in Mauritania, a former French colony in north-west Africa.

mohamed ould ghazouani
June 30, 2024

Ruto says Kenyan police have done their best during anti-Finance Bill protests

“As a democracy, that should not be part of our conversation,” Mr Ruto said.

A composite of Kenya police shooting at anti-Finance Bill protesters and President William Ruto
June 30, 2024

Ruto says ‘I have no blood on my hands’ despite deaths of Kenyan protesters 

“The parliament has been burnt. City Hall has been burnt. We have 19 people dead,” Mr Ruto said.

William Ruto