Emmanuel Igunza
Stories
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U.S. reconsiders Tanzania ties after deadly post-election crackdown
The U.S. is "comprehensively reviewing" its relationship with Tanzania after hundreds were killed in a violent post-election crackdown.
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A life in limbo for Somali refugees still hoping to make it to America
In one of the worlds largest refugee camps, thousands of predominantly Somali refugees hoping to travel to the U.S. are waiting anxiously to see if the program will be resumed later in April.
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Thousands of migrant workers find themselves stranded as fighting ramps up in Lebanon
Thousands of migrant workers - many of them African - have been left stranded in Lebanon - unable to afford the trip home, or worse, abandoned by their employers with no permission to leave.
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Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being set on fire
In Kenya, a former Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being set on fire by her former partner.
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Protests against Kenya's president have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art
Kenya's antigovernment protestors have a new soundtrack and words of poets to help galvanize their burgeoning movement.
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Kenyan protesters are missing following tax hike demonstrations, rights group says
In Kenya, nearly 60 people have gone missing since the anti-government protests began over a month ago. Human rights groups fear that the security forces are behind these disappearances.
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Kenya's president has withdrawn the controversial tax bill after deadly protests
Kenya's president axed the bill after large demonstrations, in which rights groups say police shot at protesters and more than 20 people were killed. But protesters vow to march on.
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Deadly protests break out in Kenya’s capital Nairobi over proposed tax hikes
The situation remains tense in Kenya after protesters were killed when police fired on crowds demonstrating against proposed tax increases
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Kenya is sending thousands of police officers to tackle Haiti's gang violence
After a long wait and many delays the first contingent of the Kenyan-led international force is on its way to Haiti.
