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Kenya's Ruto orders review of state salary hikes

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Kenya's presidency says it has ordered a review of salary increases for public servants in an apparent move to defuse tensions after a wave of sometimes deadly anti-government protests. We take a closer look.

Also, Ghana is set to become the manufacturing hub for vaccines in West Africa following the injection of €32 million into the country's pharmaceutical sector. The country was one of the worst affected by shortages in vaccines at the peak of the Covid pandemic. It has since been working towards building its own structures to produce its own vaccines. FRANCE 24's Justice Baidoo reports.

    Finally, in Tunisia, two weeks after the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, questions are still being raised about the heavy death toll. Many blame the 1,300 deaths on extremely high temperatures, some pilgrims' old age as well as an influx of pilgrims without authorisation. Some 60 Tunisians died and the tragedy led to the minister of religious affairs being sacked. Our correspondents Lilia Blaise and Hamdi Tlili went to meet the families of victims.

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