Kenyan President William Ruto who has touted himself as a mediator is keenly aware that Ethiopia's own political difficulties leave it in a very difficult position to claim a role in the management of this crisis...
Loyalty over talent was a common criticism when President William Ruto unveiled his ministerial team last September (AC Vol 63 No 20 Loyalty trumps all in Ruto's cabinet)...
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African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Kenyan President William Ruto and African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat have called for a pause in African debt repayments to help states to invest in climate mitigation and adaptation projects...
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Kenya's President William Ruto talking up his country's green credentials with over 90% of its electricity coming from renewable energy saw an 'opportunity to unlock the available renewable assets' through market-driven carbon credits...
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Vol 64 No 20 |
- UKRAINE
- AFRICA
Following meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa on the margins of the UN General Assembly last week Kenyan President William Ruto said Mombasa would host a 'grain hub' that would supply the East Africa region with Ukrainian produce...
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Hemeti has some support among regional leaders such as Kenya's William Ruto...
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The prospect of a political deal between President William Ruto and opposition Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga is unsettling some of their followers and allies who fear they could lose out in any new partition of the spoils of power...
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President William Ruto's government has revived a plan to concession sections of Lamu Kisumu and Mombasa ports in a bid to raise up to US$10 billion from private investors...
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Having spent much of the first year of his presidency staking out the ground as one of Africa's leading voices on climate change and energy policy Kenya's William Ruto was the natural host for the first Africa Climate Summit and characteristically he left little to chance (Dispatches 30/8/23 Setting out Africa's case ahead of the UN's COP28 summit)...
Vol 64 No 17 |
- EAST AFRICA
That has prompted civil society groups in the US to urge Tai to 'pause STIP negotiation until President William Ruto commits to vetoing this bill'...