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Africa coups: 10 in five years

A screen grab shows the Head of the Presidential Military Office of Guinea-Bissau, Denis Incanha (C), announcing with a group of officers that full control of the country had been taken at the General Staff Headquarters in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau on November 26, 2025.[AFP]

By The Standard Dec 07, 2025

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Tension in Borama persists after deadly unrest amid calls for accountability

Tension remained high in Borama on Sunday after days of deadly unrest that have widened political fault lines in Somaliland and intensified public demands for accountability over the killing of civilians during clashes with security forces.The crisis has also taken on a sharper political tone, with

By The Standard Dec 07, 2025

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State: Over 22,000 services now available on e-citizen

State: Over 22,000 services now available on e-citizenPresident William Ruto during the first anniversary of the e-Citizen at KICC. [PCS]A total of 22,510 government services from 583 agencies have been boarded on to the e-citizen.This is according to an update by the Governance and Public Administr

By The Standard Dec 07, 2025

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Innovation, skilling key in CBC transition

Kenya’s university sector must urgently strengthen innovation,learner skillingand preparation for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) transition if higher education is tomeet the needs of a rapidly evolving nation.Dr. Aurelia Rono, Principal Secretary in the State Department for Parliamentary Affa

By The Standard Dec 07, 2025

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Why we keep falling for empty election promises

There’s a hilarious short video doing the rounds touching on false promises made by our politicians while looking for votes, and, in this particular instance, even after the culprit had landed the high office.The video goes back to Mwai Kibaki presidency days and zooms in on one Governor who made fa

By The Standard Dec 07, 2025

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How Kenya-US health agreement betrays our privacy and the law

There are moments in a nation’s life when the alarm must be sounded without hesitation, moments when silence becomes complicity, and courage becomes the only moral option. Kenya stands precisely at such a moment today.During his visit to the US this week, President William Ruto signed a 25-year agre

By The Standard Dec 07, 2025

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