Kenya’s Ruto ready for ‘conversation’ with protesters.

Kenya’s President William Ruto said Sunday that he was ready for “a conversation” with thousands of “peaceful” young protesters who held nationwide demonstrations this week to oppose proposed tax increases. Organized on social media and led largely by Gen-Z Kenyans who have livestreamed the demonstrations, the protests have caught Ruto’s government off-guard, as discontent mounts…

A 12-year-old girl took action against period poverty.

A 12-year-old girl in Germany was so touched by the inspirational work of South African period poverty campaigner Tamara Magwashu that she managed to organise a large charitable donation. Caity Cutter was moved to do something after being shocked to learn from aBBC article about Ms magwasu that 30% of girls in South Africa did not…

Protests in Kenya  escalating,as police clashing with anti-tax demonstrators.

Kenyan police clashed with anti-tax protesters in Nairobi, as demonstrations spread across the country, including to the president’s hometown of Eldoret. Anti-riot police, some on horseback, fired tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters on the streets of Nairobi. There were similar protests in other cities and major towns across the country – including Nakuru,…

EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’.

The Egyptian authorities have used EU-funded security forces in a campaign of mass arrests and forcible deportations against refugees from the Sudan war, according to a human rights group report. Amnesty International found Egypt “forcibly returned an estimated 800 Sudanese detainees between January and March 2024, who were all denied the possibility to claim asylum”….