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📌 KENYA PROVISIONAL RESULTS at Midnight ✳ Ruto- 49.91% ➡ 6,691,923 Votes ✳ Odinga- 49.41% ➡ 6,624,238 ✳ Wajackoyah- 0.44% ➡ 59,404 ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 31,222 (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Provisional results from vote counting in Kenya’s general election indicate William Ruto has retaken …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday congratulated the people of Kenya for the peaceful voting during the country’s general elections on Tuesday. The UN chief “notes the important work done by the Kenyan authorities and electoral management bodies, the active engagement of numerous national stakeholders and …

Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS) on Wednesday welcomed South Sudan’s move to extend the transitional government by two years. The UNMISS said in a statement that the move would enable the implementation of critical outstanding tasks in the Revitalized Peace Agreement. The …

📌 KENYA PROVISIONAL RESULTS 4am ✳ Odinga- 51.26% ➡5,090,491 Votes ✳ Ruto- 48.06% ➡ 4,773,169 ✳ Wajackoyah- 0.45% ➡ 44,271 ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 22,797 Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT, XINHUA & URN | Provisional results from vote counting in Kenya’s general election indicate Raila Odinga holds a slim lead with …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s ruling Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Monday stressed Sudan’s position in condemning all forms of extremism, terrorism and criminal activities. Al-Burhan made the remarks when addressing a workshop organized by the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) in …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & Xinhua | Kenyans start voting for lawmakers and a new president early today after a campaign in which the key issues were rising food costs and corruption. Long lines of eager voters were already showing up in the capital Nairobi by 6.00am ahead of Kenya’s …

  What Kenya’s fifth president means for Uganda ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | The August 9 election in Kenya could have pretty defining moments for the country as it elects a fifth president. Two opinion polls released one week to the election put former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in pole …

And why neighbours are watching every step COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyans are gearing up for an important general election on Aug. 09 that will end President Uhuru Kenyatta’s two terms in office. It will be the country’s seventh general election since the resumption of multiparty electoral democracy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | America’s sanctions on Russia are not to blame for the increasing prices of food and petroleum products across the globe, the United States of America’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has said. The world has recorded a sharp rise in prices …

Gaborone, Botswana | Xinhua | President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana on Thursday said the southern African country continues to work tirelessly to improve exports to South Africa. Addressing the Botswana-South Africa Business Forum Roundtable held on the occasion of the 28th anniversary celebrations of the establishment of diplomatic relations between …