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Kenyan Port Could Be at Stake in Railway Contract
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As Kenya and China square off in court over a $3.2 billion contract to build a railway system, the future of Mombasa Port, one of East Africa’s greatest assets, could be at stake.
Kenya’s Court of Appeals has ruled that the…
Kenyan Court Says Chinese Railway Contract Illegally Bid
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Kenya’s Court of Appeals has ruled that a $3.2 billion contract for the country’s new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) between Mombasa and Nairobi was illegally bid.
Kenya Railways awarded the contract to the China Road and…
Burkina Faso Makes Gains in Flurry of Counterterror Operations
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Burkina Faso’s military forces are successfully leading counterterror operations with greater frequency.
Burkinabe troops in the five-nation G5 Sahel Joint Force, supported by a company of Soldiers from Niger, recently…
DRC Declares End to Ebola Outbreak in the Northeast
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Nearly two years after it began, the Ebola outbreak that claimed more than 2,200 lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) northeast was declared officially beaten on June 25.
Health Minister Eteni Longondo…
Civil-Military Program Gives Gift of Sight in Mali
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Eyesight is a precious gift, but eye care is woefully underfunded in many parts of the world. More than 2.5 billion people globally suffer from visual impairment that could be corrected with eyeglasses.
So when the U.S. Army…
Kenya Uses Donated Vehicles to Stop Traffickers
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As Kenya works to secure its border and stop traffickers, it got a boost in the form of vehicle donations.
The U.S. government has donated 10 Toyota Hilux pickup trucks to investigators with Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal…