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The tragedy of progress in the developing world

New Statesman 07 Sep 2024
Demonstrations about taxes, corruption and press freedoms – which is what drove much of the summer unrest in Kenya and Bangladesh – are signs of populations demanding higher standards of governance ... Kenya and Bangladesh are in a more advanced state.
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Dozens of boys killed, hurt or missing after school dorm fire in Kenya

Penn Live 07 Sep 2024
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI, The Associated Press. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Officials began removing the bodies of children who burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya on Saturday as they tried to account for dozens of boys who are still missing.
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Rachel Cheptegei Is the 3rd Female Athlete Killed by an Intimate Partner in Kenya Since 2021

Jezebel 06 Sep 2024
They also said that their daughter purchased land in order to be closer to Kenya's training centers, according to the Associated Press ... Cheptegei is the third female athlete to be killed by an intimate partner in Kenya in the last three years.
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Paris wants to honor late Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei by naming sports venue after her

Colorado Springs Gazette 06 Sep 2024
“An emotional thought for Rebecca Cheptegei," Hidalgo told a press conference on Friday, quoted by French media ... to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press.
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Fire kills sleeping boys at Kenyan boarding school

The Observer 06 Sep 2024
At least 18 boys have been killed and 27 more were taken to hospital after a fire raged through the dormitory of a boarding school in central Kenya in the early hours of Friday ... Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this report.
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Kenya - Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei Murder: More Must Be Done To Protect Female Athletes

MENA FN 06 Sep 2024
(MENAFN - African Press Organization) Download logo UN Women strongly condemns the murder in Kenya of the Ugandan Athlete Rebecca Cheptegei. She is the third elite female runner to be murdered in a ... .
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Pictured: Ex-boyfriend

The Daily Mail 05 Sep 2024
She was rushed to the intensive care unit at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, in the hopes doctors could stabilise her ... 'Unfortunately, we lost her after all her organs failed,' Menach told Kenyan press.
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Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being set on fire by her partner

Colorado Springs Gazette 05 Sep 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner, a hospital official confirmed Thursday.
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Xi offers African leaders more aid as China challenges US-led global order

Stars and Stripes 05 Sep 2024
Kenya is seeking financing to ... Associated Press writers Mogomotsi Magome in Johannesburg and Evelyne Musambi in Nairobi, Kenya, and video producers Olivia Zhang and Caroline Chen in Beijing contributed.
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'He didn't do anything wrong': Former Columbus Marine among 4 killed in Chicago mass shooting

The Columbus Dispatch 05 Sep 2024
The shooter, Davis, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Bihesi, who was born in Kenya but relocated with his family to Columbus on Nov ... to resume his military service ... smeighan@dispatch.com.
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Olympic marathon runner set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya

NewstalkZB 04 Sep 2024
Cheptegei’s parents told the Associated Press (AP) their daughter bought land in Trans Nzoia to be closer to Kenya’s athletic training centres ... Both are receiving specialised treatment at the hospital in Eldoret, Kenya.
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Explainer: What makes China and Africa natural green partners

People Daily 04 Sep 2024
Despite the pressing demand for clean energy, change is underway across Africa ... Kenya's startup BasiGo was the first company to launch electric buses in the country in March 2022, using parts designed by Chinese automaker BYD.
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(FOCAC)Explainer: What makes China and Africa natural green partners

Beijing News 03 Sep 2024
15, 2019 shows the Garissa Solar Power Plant in northeastern Kenya ... Despite the pressing demand for clean energy, change is underway across Africa ... 15, 2019 shows the China-financed solar power plant Garissa Solar in Garissa County, Kenya.
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News in pictures: August 29, 2024

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Aug 2024
A brown bear foraging on the Russian River in Alaska found a trainer to play with in a pile of equipment abandoned on the bank by a fleeing salmon fisherman. DANA FOLEY/SOLENT NEWS ... JAM PRESS. A boy tends camels in the village of Kargi, Kenya ... UK ... .
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Congresswomen press FDA on why a proposal to ban hair-straightening chemicals is delayed

North Shore News 28 Aug 2024
Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Shontel Brown of Ohio pressed the FDA in a letter to finalize the proposed rule for banning certain salon-grade and at-home hair straighteners ... Kenya Hunter, The Associated Press.

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