Just days after anti-tax reform protests rocked the country Kenya's President has dismissed almost his entire cabinet in a televised address. Watch in for more details!

Kenya's President fires his entire cabinet after Ruto faces heat over tax hike

Kenya’s embattled President William Ruto sacked nearly every member of his cabinet on Thursday following weeks of youth-led protests across the country. Watch in for more details!

Kenya's President William Ruto sacks his entire cabinet

Just days after anti-tax reform protests rocked the country Kenya's President has dismissed almost his entire cabinet except the Foreign Minister, in a televised address. Watch in for more details!

Kenya: William Ruto faces heat after protests over tax hike; cabinet dismissed except Foreign Min

Kenyan President William Ruto announced on Thursday the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a "broad-based government" following widespread anti-government protests.

Kenya: President Ruto dismisses nearly entire cabinet after anti-government protests

Kenya: President Ruto dismisses all cabinet leaders, except Foreign Minister

Human rights groups in Kenya sounded the alarm over dozens of Kenyans have been targeted in abductions. Organised online and leaderless, the protests - initially a call to repeal tax hikes - have developed into a movement that has cut across Kenya's traditional ethnic divisions, becoming the biggest threat of William Ruto's two-year-old presidency. Campaign groups have documented hundreds of arrests and at least 39 deaths which has raised fears of rights backsliding.

Kenya: Fear looms following abduction of rights campaigners

A memorial concert was held in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Sunday for those killed in anti-government protests that were sparked by proposed tax hikes. Watch in for more details!

Kenyan activists stage concert for protest victims

Kenyans stage concert for protest victims

At least 23 protesters were killed and hundreds wounded during nationwide protests against tax rises in Kenya on 25th of June. The largely peaceful protests, ongoing for days, escalated on Tuesday, after MPs passed an amended deeply unpopular finance bill. A section of the parliament building in capital Nairobi was set ablaze by angry protesters, who had broken through police lines to storm the parliament. On the same evening, a defiant Kenyan president, William Ruto, labelled the protesters organised criminals, and accused them of participating in a treasonous event. A day after, in a dramatic reversal, Ruto declared that the bill containing contentious tax hikes would be withdrawn. But protests have continued with protesters now clamouring for president Ruto's resignation. Jyotsna Kumar brings you the details.

Clamour grows for Prez Ruto's ouster despite U-turn

Activists leading anti-government protests are reevaluating their approach after demonstrations turned violent, fearing such incidents could jeopardize the movement’s credibility and its efforts to pressure President William Ruto to resign. Watch in for more details!

Kenya: Activists rethinking deadly protest strategy fearing backlash

Rocked by decades of instability, the Caribbean nation has seen an escalation of violence following the assassination of president Jovenel Moïse three years ago. Many are skeptical that the Kenyan forces will be effective in eradicating the gang crisis, some are however hopeful, that they will. WION decodes the presence of Kenya in Haiti.

Haiti: Will the Kenya police succeed in eradicating Haiti's gangs?

Protesters take to the streets after strikes and demonstrations that forced President William Ruto last week to abandon a highly contentious tax bill.

Kenya Protests: Protesters demand ouster of Ruto's regime

Riot police fired tear gas grenades and charged at stone-throwing protesters in downtown Nairobi and across Kenya on Tuesday in the most widespread unrest since at least two dozen protesters died in clashes a week ago.

Kenya protests: Tear gas, stones and flames as Kenya protesters say 'Ruto must go!'

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Kenya's human rights body has given an updated death toll of 39 in the wake of protests against the much-hated financial reforms of President William Ruto's government.

Kenya protests: Human rights body puts deaths at 39, double than govt data

Deadly Kenyan protests that scuppered tax hikes and a failed coup amid fading economic prospects in Bolivia this week are violent reminders of the dangers posed by faltering economies and punishing austerity measures. Watch in for more details!

Economic ills fuel deadly protests Kenya, Bolivia's failed coup

Police in Kenya fired tear gas on protesters as a fresh wave of demonstrations swept the country, despite President William Ruto’s U-turn on controversial tax plans. Watch in for more details!

Anti-tax hike protests in Kenya; Security forces try to restore normalcy

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Russian satellite breaks up in space | Kenya: Protests despite tax climbdown

Kenya rocked by fresh protests over tax reforms, calls grow for Ruto's resignation

Kenyan police on Thursday (June 27) fired teargas at dozens of protesters in Nairobi who took to the streets even after the president withdrew a tax hike bill. The demonstrators demanded President William Ruto to go further and step down in the capital, Mombasa, Kisumu and other centres.

Kenya police fire tear gas at protesters in Nairobi day after Ruto withdraws tax bill

Kenyan President William Ruto has declined to sign a highly contentious finance bill that has sparked Nationwide protests he has sent the bill back to the Parliament for amendments after violent clashes outside the Parliament and across the country.

Kenya tax protests: President Ruto declines to sign finance bill following violent protests

Kenya: President Ruto withdraws controversial finance bill following nationwide protest

Haiti Prime Minister has vowed to end lawlessness with the help of a Kenyan Le International Force deployed to the Caribbean Nation. The arrival of 400 Kenyan police officers and forces is an opportunity to restore order says the interim prime minister.

Haiti: 4000 police officers deployed as gang violence escalates in the nation |

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