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    Kenya: The new government’s chance to secure reproductive rights

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    September 7, 2022
    Kenya’s sexual health rights are beholden to US decisionmakers. New legislators must take back control. For too long, sexual and reproductive rights in Kenya ...
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  • Middy Amule, a woman trader, jokes with a man while having the bananas she sells transported from Busia, Uganda, to Busia, Kenya.
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    “They want a sample”: Women traders’ perilous cross-border journey

    By Edna Namara
    September 2, 2022
    Taking informal routes to bypass checkpoints puts Ugandans at mercy of authorities who demand bribes, steal their wares – and worse. From the town ...
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    “The rich are untouchable”: Uganda’s struggles to protect its wetlands

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    As communities and small businesses are cleared from environmentally precious zones, big companies expand unabated. Last week, state officials accompanied by security forces swept ...
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    Uganda: Is co-opting the opposition shrewd politics or a desperate ploy?

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    August 10, 2022
    Uganda’s oldest opposition party is now allied to President Museveni’s NRM. Last month, one of the longest standing features of Uganda’s political landscape crumbled ...
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    Three reasons ethnicity will count for less in Kenya’s upcoming vote

    By Nic Cheeseman
    July 26, 2022
    Elections have always been about much more than ethnicity, but this will be particularly so this 9 August. Elections in Kenya have a reputation ...
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    “Ethiopia’s other conflict”: What’s driving the violence in Oromia?

    By Asafa Jalata
    July 22, 2022
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    The missing $50m: Seychelles gears up for historic high-profile trial

    By Kate Flask
    July 14, 2022
    Nine people – including a former first lady, ex-generals and top officials – face charges of stealing aid in 2002 and storing illicit firearms. ...
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    Why are there no Black riders in the Tour de France?

    By Georgia Cole & Temesgen Futsumbrhan Gebrehiwet
    July 13, 2022
    The answer is not a lack of talent, as Eritrea’s long history of producing worldclass cyclists attests. On the 17 May, Eritrea made headlines ...
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  • Former prime minister Raila Odinga (left) will face Deputy President William Ruto (right) at the ballot box in just over a month in Kenya.
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    The choice facing Kenya and how we got here

    By Dave Anyona Kanundu
    July 6, 2022
    After many cycles of betrayed hopes, Kenya votes again in August. Neither frontrunner promises a leftward break, but their visions differ vastly. The upcoming ...
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    PoliticsSudanTop story

    Why Sudan’s protest movement has toppled one but not yet two dictators

    By Justin Lynch
    July 1, 2022
    What has changed between the 2019 protests, when the people rose up to remove al-Bashir, and today’s movement? On 30 June, at least tens ...
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