The mass protests in Kenya which forced William Ruto's government to scrap US$2...
In response to the biggest national protest for decades – activists marched in 35 out of Kenya's 47 counties – President William Ruto announced on 26 June he had rejected the latest version of the finance bill with an extra US$2...
With opposition leader Raila Odinga and his Azimio la Umoja party neutered at least in part by Odinga's reliance on the government for diplomatic support to secure him the chair of the African Union Commission the youth protests may mark the biggest political challenge to William Ruto's presidency...
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At least five people have been shot including a journalist amid mass protests around parliament in Nairobi in what is turning into a rapidly escalating crisis for President William Ruto's government...
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That came just weeks after President Biden announced that Kenya would be classified as a ‘major non-NATO ally' during counterpart William Ruto's state visit to Washington...
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For now President William Ruto's priority is settling the remaining $500 million of a Eurobond redemption this month...
Vol 65 No 13 |
- ITALY
- AFRICA
- G7
Ahead of the summit Kenya's President William Ruto Mauritania's Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and the AfDB's Akinwumi Adesina penned co-ordinated opinion pieces demanding new measures on debt restructuring more flexibility in the use of IMF Special Drawing Rights and easier access for African states to concessional funding (AC Vol 65 No 12 Adesina urges the bank to go private)...
By elevating carbon credits to the top of the climate finance agenda President William Ruto has made Kenya a key player on environment policy in Africa...
HIDDEN COSTS OF CARBON TRADING Kenya's President William Ruto has nurtured close diplomatic and commercial ties with the United Arab Emirates...
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Defence and security ties between the US and Kenya are expected to deepen in the coming months after President Joe Biden designated Kenya as a ‘major non-NATO ally' during the state visit to the US of Kenyan counterpart William Ruto...
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Kenya's President William Ruto had been more ambitious demanding albeit unsuccessfully technology transfer to enable countries to learn from Korea's developed technology in robotics biotechnology and artificial intelligence (Dispatches 29/11/22 Ruto and Museveni go east)...
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Vol 65 No 13 |
- ZIMBABWE
- RUSSIA
President Joe Biden also hosted a four-day state visit for Kenya's William Ruto several weeks ago and will designate Kenya as a privileged non-NATO ally paving the way for investment in its military and counter-terrorism efforts (AC Vol 65 No 12 Ruto revels in the western embrace)...
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