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[Chatham House] The 2010 constitution was intended to transform the lives of Kenya's marginalized groups, but, 10 years on, Kenyan women remain significantly disadvantaged. Natasha Kimani speaks to Lyndsey Jefferson about the obstacles that remain for women in Kenya as part of a series exploring
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[New Times] The Ministry of Health should commission a thorough psychological diagnosis on perpetrators of the Genocide against the Tutsi, to determine their frame of mind when they committed the horrific acts in 1994.
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[Egypt Online] Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Badr Abdel Aati held a series of meetings, during his current visit to Sarajevo, with a number of senior officials and parliamentarians in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the occasion of the passage of 25 years on establishing diplomatic ties
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Some principals say yes to July exams
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(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday listed TT$5 billion worth of help the Government has given to citizens to deal with the adverse effects of the COVID-19
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Kenya: End of Universal Health Pilot Project Leaves Nyeri Residents Exposed
[Nation] The end of the pilot Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme in Nyeri has left residents struggling to pay for basic medical services, Governor Mutahi Kahiga said on Wednesday.
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