William Ruto Wins “Transparent Kenya Elections”

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William Ruto was recent­ly declared pres­i­­dent-elect of Kenya, but vic­to­ry did not not come with­out con­tes­ta­tion. For­mer Prime Min­is­ter Raila Odin­ga, the run­n­er-up, is chal­leng­ing the results. Odin­ga received 48.8 % of the votes com­pared to 50.5 % for Ruto.  Accord­ing to the British Broad­cast­ing Cor­po­ra­tion (BBC), Odin­ga referred to the results as “null and void.”…

In the Kenyan Election, a Fierce Battle to Lead an African Powerhouse

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Kenyans vote for a new pres­i­dent on Tues­day, end­ing a heat­ed race that shows why, in a trou­bled region, the East African nation mat­ters more than ever. KANGARI, Kenya — The heli­copter swooped over the lush tea and cof­fee fields flank­ing Mount Kenya, Africa’s sec­ond high­est peak, and touched down out­side a small high­land town where…

President Biden Announces U.S. — Africa Leaders Summit

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DENVER (Africa News Mat­ters) — There are no doubts about the strate­gic impor­tance of the African con­ti­nent to the world’s super­pow­ers. Just as Rus­sia, Chi­na, and India have upped the ante in rela­tions with African nations, the Unit­ed States, con­sid­ered gross­ly lag­ging in its strate­gic rela­tions with the con­ti­nent, appears ready to change its ways. The Obama…

Soda City Live: Traditional West African Dishes — WIS-TV

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) — If you’ve nev­er had an oppor­tu­ni­ty to try West African food, there is a new restau­rant in the Mid­lands that spe­cial­izes in Ghanan dishes.Mimsy’s Restau­rant has some­thing for every­one, those who have meats in their diets and those who don’t with veg­an and veg­e­tar­i­an options.Today we tried some fresh veg­eta­bles, Jollof rice and Banku.Copyright 2022 WIS. All rights reserved.Notice a spelling or gram­mar error in this arti­cle? Click or tap here to report it. Please include the article’s headline.

Mandela Fellows Receive Training at Denver’s Posner Center

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DENVER (Africa News Mat­ters) —Since its incep­tion in 2014, the Man­dela Wash­ing­ton Fel­low­ship pro­gram has seen par­tic­i­pa­tion from more than 5000 young African lead­ers from all coun­tries on the con­ti­nent. That’s accord­ing to the Depart­ment of State’s Young African Lead­ers Ini­tia­tive (YALI) pro­gram web­site.  The fel­low­ship pro­gram, a sig­nif­i­cant part of YALI, works in collaboration…

The 2022 Kenyan elections

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With their upcom­ing pres­i­den­tial elec­tions lat­er this sum­mer, Kenyans con­tin­ue their col­lec­tive effort at strength­en­ing and deep­en­ing their democ­ra­cy. But the moment is also fraught. The August 9 vote is expect­ed to be the most tight­ly con­test­ed in Kenya’s recent his­to­ry, with polit­i­cal ten­sions ris­ing since Kenyan Pres­i­dent Uhu­ru Keny­at­ta shift­ed his sup­port from Deputy…

Window of opportunity closing for South Sudan, on road to lasting peace

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With eight months remain­ing, the win­dow of oppor­tu­ni­ty is clos­ing for South Sudan to meet crit­i­cal bench­marks required to com­plete its tran­si­tion away from long-run­n­ing civ­il con­flict, the Spe­cial Rep­re­sen­ta­tive for the coun­try told the Secu­ri­ty Coun­cil on Mon­day, press­ing par­ties to the Novem­ber 2018 peace deal, to imple­ment their com­mit­ments in let­ter and spirit.

New tools for easing cross-border trade in Africa

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Mike Ogbalu, CEO of the Pan-African Pay­ment Set­tle­ment Sys­tem (PAPSS) at the African Export-Import Bank, dis­cuss­es PAPSS, a cross bor­der, finan­cial mar­ket infra­struc­ture enabling pay­ment trans­ac­tions across Africa. Relat­ed Con­tent Fore­sight Africa pod­cast is part of the Brook­ings Pod­cast Net­work. Sub­scribe and lis­ten on Apple, Spo­ti­fy, and wher­ev­er you lis­ten to pod­casts. Send feed­back email to podcasts@brookings.edu, and…