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Cameroon: National Assembly - Chinese Construction Company Offers COVID-19 Kits
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Kenya: How Govt Paid U.S.$65 Million for 'Non-Existent' Power
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Kenya: Jubilee Party Purge in High Gear as Three Senators Are Quizzed
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Kenya: Yatani to Draw Lessons From Kenyatta as He Presents First Budget
[Nation] When he walks to the National Assembly to read the budget estimates for 2020/2021, Treasury CS Ukur Yatani will set a precedent as the first Finance chief in the history of the country to present a budget that is less than the previous year.
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Mali protesters 'take over' public broadcaster, attack parliament | Africanews
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Ruto allies plan anti-Uhuru rallies
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Mauritius: Government to Strike Balance Between Citizens' Health and the Economy, Says Dpm Collendavelloo
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High Court Judge Weldon Korir ruled that the Judicial Service Commission violated the law by purporting to admonish Justices Mohammed Ibrahim, Jackton Ojwang' and Njoki Ndung’u in 2016, after a complaint on gross misconduct was levelled against
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