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Annecy Film Festival shows growing appetite for African animation

In tonight's edition: France says it has captured Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a top extremist figure in Mali. Also, Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala has been putting his country on the map as fastest man on the continent in the 100 metres. And as the world animation elite meets in the French mountain…

France 24

Kenyan Presidential Candidate: Legalize Cannabis And Snake Venom To Boost Economy

As Kenya faces inflation, unemployment and exorbitant public debt, George Wajackoyah, one of the four presidential candidates in the upcoming August elections, says he wants to get the economy back on track by legalizing cannabis and farming snakes.

Benzinga

Gill all geared up for Kenya safari rally

Champion driver says he used pandemic time to optimise his fitness

The Hindu

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Study: Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content

A new study has found that Facebook failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election

The Independent UK

Awer Mabil's journey from refugee camp to the World Cup is the stuff that dreams are made of

As a boy in a refugee camp in Kenya, Awer Mabil played with rolled-up socks for a ball and dreamed of one day playing in a World Cup. After helping secure Australia's passage to Qatar, he's now on the cusp of realising that goal.

ABC News

Africa's domestic violence woes

In April, the beloved Nigerian gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu died at the hands of her husband. Accounts from relatives and friends indicate that, despite enduring severe abuse, she had stayed in her marriage because she hoped things would get better. And Nwachukwu's situation was hardly unique. Earlier this month, the…

Bangkok Post

Fake Miracle Spree In Kenya Leads To Pentecostal Scandals, Oversight

“Pastors” promising miracles in exchange for donations is an issue in the country's upcoming presidential election.

Zenger

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Liz Truss accused of ignoring evidence of rendition of UK citizen to Nigeria

Family of Nnamdi Kanu, a separatist leader, say he was seized and tortured in Kenya and then flown to Nigeria

The Guardian - UK

Somalia to lift Kenyan khat ban as ties improve

Nairobi (AFP) - Somalia has agreed to lift a two-year ban on air shipments of khat from Kenya as part of a new trade deal, a Kenyan minister announced Friday, a further sign of rekindled ties after several years of tensions.

AFP

S2,EP20: Nigeria's 3D print revolution, Gambia combats kidney disease & Kenya's elephant issues

This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent with our African correspondents. In Lagos, a 3D print studio is aiding Nigerian manufacturers; one Gambian ex-footballer is sounding the alarm on the spike in kidney disease; and in Kenya, trying to prevent elephant invasions…

Radio France Internationale

TikTok videos stoke tensions ahead of Kenya vote – Mozilla report

Report says 130 TikTok videos push ‘widespread disinformation’ and ‘violent, ethnic discriminatory narratives’.

Al Jazeera

Drama that shaped Ngũgĩ’s writing and activism comes home to Kenya

As Kenya marked its 59th anniversary of internal self-rule on 1 June 2022, a controversial play by the nation’s foremost author, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, was staged in sold-out shows. It had been 45 years since it was banned and the author detained. The performance offers a useful filter to illuminate…

The Conversation

Lagos ex-governor wins Nigeria ruling party's nomination

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's ruling APC party has picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate for the 2023 presidential elections. Buhari cannot run again, as he will already have served two presidential terms. Also, Belgium's King Philippe expresses his "deepest regrets" to DR Congo during a landmark…

France 24

Report accuses TikTok of spreading hate speech ahead of Kenya poll

Nairobi (AFP) - Clips containing hate-speech, political disinformation and threats of ethnic violence are spreading on TikTok ahead of Kenya's high-stakes elections, a new report said Wednesday, accusing the video-sharing platform of "failing its first real test in Africa".

AFP

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The Guardian - UK

Bug v killer cactus: Kenyan herders fight to stop a plant destroying their way of life

Imported insect offers a last hope against the invasive prickly pear cactus killing off grasslands and the animals that graze them

Radio France Internationale

Chinese abattoirs accused of donkey theft in Kenya

Kenyan water trader Bernard Irungu speaks about how donkeys have been cructal in his water business on the outskirts of Naivasha town, northwest of Nairobi. They have helped him pay rent, school fees, and buy food. All that changed when his donkeys started disappearing three years ago.

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ve got other things to worry about’: former colonies react to platinum jubilee

In Africa, celebrations in honour of the Queen stir nostalgia in some, resentment in others

The Conversation

People will continue to die of rabies if Kenya doesn't educate healthcare workers

Rabies – a viral disease spread through an animal bite – has had an effective vaccine for more than a century. Yet people continue to die from it. Rabies kills nearly every known person that shows clinical signs of it, making it arguably one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases.

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Al Jazeera

Kenyan queer men risk health amid homophobia in public hospitals

Gay people in Kenya say they would rather try risky alternatives than suffer humiliation at public hospitals.

The Independent UK

How Elizabeth became Queen watching baboons at sunrise from Kenyan treetops

It was February 6 1952 and the 25-year-old princess and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh were in the African country on a Commonwealth tour.

The Conversation

Kenya's push for affordable housing is creating opportunities despite barriers

In Kenya, the right to housing is embedded in the constitution, which provides that “Every person has the right to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation.”

Zenger

Elite Kenyan Runners Are Propelled By Their Faith

Many of the country's long-distance runners credit their spiritual lives as essential to their success.

Financial Times

Can Africa grow without fossil fuels?

As the developed world demands emissions cuts, the continent’s leaders are asking whether it is possible to industrialise on green energy alone

The Conversation

Political debates in Kenya: are they useful or empty media spectacles?

It is a few months to Kenya’s August 2022 general election. That means it is time for the theatrical, skeleton-revealing spectacle also known as the political debate.

Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court leak stirs abortion passions in Africa

When a desperate and bleeding 17-year-old girl walked into his rural health centre, Kenyan medic Ismail Mohammed Salim thought he was doing the right thing by helping her conclude an unwanted and dangerous pregnancy.

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