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Xi tackles slow growth as economy ‘hits the brakes’
China’s economy stumbled in the second quarter, official data shows, just as the country’s top leaders gathered for a key meeting to address its sluggish growth.It grew 4.7% in the three months to June, falling short of expectations after a stronger start in the first three months of 2024. The government’s annual growth target is around 5%. “China’s economy hit…
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PHOTO NEWS: Paul Kagame, wife cast votes in Rwanda presidential election
President Paul Kagame and his wife Jeannette on Monday cast their ballots at Gacuriro Technical Secondary School in Gacuriro Cell, Kinyinya Sector in Kigali just as thousands of Rwandans will do in the ongoing presidential election. First Lady Jeannette Kagame casting her vote President Kagame, who is also RPF Presidential candidate and First Lady Jeannette Kagame joined other Rwandans to…
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‘We are the Church’: Kenyan tax protesters take on Christian leaders
In Kenya, the youth protests against planned tax increases have served as a wake-up call for the Church. They’ve shaken up a powerful institution, in a country where more than 80% of the population, including the president, are Christian. The young demonstrators accused the Church of siding with the government and took action against politicians using the pulpit as a…
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Tinubu reacts to attack on former president Trump
By Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the recent shooting incident involving former President Donald Trump at a rally ahead of the US presidential elections scheduled for November 5, 2024. In a statement issued on his X account, Tinubu described the attack against Trump as distasteful, noting that the incident goes beyond the bounds of democratic norms. He…
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Rwanda’s 99% man who wants to extend his three decades in power
There is very little room for improvement for Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame in Monday’s election after getting almost 99% of the vote last time round. The scale of his victory in 2017, along with his 95% in 2003 and 93% in 2010, raised some questions about how truly democratic the elections were. Criticism that the former refugee and rebel leader…
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Gunman shoots spectator during Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania
Donald Trump says he has been shot in the ear at a political rally, describing a “whizzing sound” and feeling a “bullet ripping through skin” A male attacker was shot and killed by a member of the Secret Service after the apparent assassination attempt on Trump at the event in Butler, Pennsylvania. The attacker killed one spectator at the rally,…
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China hits back at Nato over Russia accusations
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has hit back at Nato’s “groundless accusations” that Beijing is helping Russia in its war on Ukraine. He has also warned the Western alliance against stirring up confrontation. Mr Wang’s comments, made in a call with his Dutch counterpart, came hours after leaders of Nato member states gathered in Washington DC and issued a declaration…
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US reportedly foiled Russian plot to kill boss of German arms firm supplying Ukraine
Plan to assassinate Rheinmetall’s Armin Papperger believed to have been at a relatively advanced stage US intelligence services have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate the chief executive of Germany’s leading arms manufacturer, which was an apparent attempt at retaliation over the company’s role in providing a large amount of armaments for Ukraine, according to reports on Thursday. The plot…
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USAID launches N115bn program to boost Nigeria’s energy sector
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the launch of a N115 billion program aimed at supporting Nigeria’s energy reform and clean energy transition. The announcement was made by USAID’s Mission Director in Nigeria, Ms. Melisa Jones, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Ministry of Power in Abuja. The MoU aims…
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Kenya’s President Ruto fires almost entire cabinet after protests
Kenyan President William Ruto has fired almost his entire cabinet after weeks of anti-government protests, he announced Thursday. Only Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi have been left in their posts, the president said. The decision was taken “upon reflection, and a holistic appraisal” of his cabinet, he told reporters from State House Nairobi. “Even with…
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