Ruto highlighted that Kenya's candidature is informed by the country's longstanding commitment to championing the Pan-African agenda and delivering on the continent's aspirations.

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The operation was launched within days of the start of a ceasefire in Gaza that saw the first exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails since a brief truce in November 2023.

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El Fath has previously said Comoros, a group of three islands in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, is not a monarchy.

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Trump issued a raft of executive orders after taking office on Monday that aim to clamp down on illegal immigration. He has taken steps to punish officials who resist enforcement of his sweeping crackdown.

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The network is expected to link 11 cities across the UAE, with projections that over 36 million passengers will use the service annually by 2030.

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This visit comes amid rumours circulating that Youssouf had dropped out of the race in favour of Kenya's candidate, Raila Odinga.

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Trump in his executive order directed U.S. agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States if neither their mother nor father is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.

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The lawsuit said the policy known as expedited removal violated the constitutional right to due process, immigration law and administrative law.

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In addition to the tactical training, the programme emphasises non-tactical elements to enhance the officers' overall professionalism.

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Mahmoud is scheduled to travel to Tanzania tomorrow and later to Senegal, where he shall be seeking support for his bid.

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The newly renovated FOB has served as a vital strategic hub for improving response times and supporting key areas such as the National Port.

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This aligns with resolution 2719 (2023), which unanimously granted access to African-led peace operations, on a case-by-case basis, to United Nations-assessed contributions aimed at preventing violent conflict and its escalation.

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Among the rollbacks, Trump rescinded two orders that Biden signed on his first day in office four years ago.

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The Republican president's pardon of 1,500 defendants on Monday, Inauguration Day, drew outrage from lawmakers who were endangered in the January 6, 2021, attack

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The move means the U.S. will leave the United Nations health agency in 12 months' time and stop all financial contributions to its work.

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Irungu joined the Vice-President’s team in 2022, tasked with documenting key moments of the Biden-Harris administration and Kamala Harris’s campaign.

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A convergence of crises in Mozambique is forcing people to flee their homes, often multiple times, and complicating efforts to assist them.

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He vowed to repeal "every radical and foolish executive order of the Biden administration" within hours of assuming the presidency.

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Hostages were expected to be released within hours of the start of the ceasefire, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.

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In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, buses awaited the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli detention. Hamas said the first group to be freed in exchange for the hostages includes 69 women and 21 teenage boys.

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TikTok stopped working for its 170 million American users late on Saturday before a law shutting it down on national security grounds took effect on Sunday.

Efforts also are underway to strengthen referral processes for critical care within Gaza and facilitate cross-border medical evacuations.

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The aid trucks were using the Kerem Shalom entry point pending completion of maintenance at the Rafah border crossing into southern Gaza from Egypt, the sources said.

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The ceasefire deal took effect after a nearly three-hour delay, pausing a war that has brought seismic political change to the Middle East and giving hope to Gaza's 2.3 million people, many of whom have been displaced several times.

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The three-stage agreement follows months of on-off negotiations brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, and comes just ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

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Hamas said it was committed to the ceasefire but that it had been unable so far to provide the hostage list for "technical field reasons", without elaborating.

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There have been signs TikTok could make a comeback under Trump, who has said he wants to pursue a "political resolution" of the issue.

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