I am spiritually close to the people of #Kenya at this time when a severe flood has claimed many lives and destroyed vast areas. Let us #PrayTogether for all those who suffer the effects of this natural disaster.

Women's marathon team will comprise
1. Peres Jepchirchir
2. ⁠Hellen Obiri
3. ⁠Brigid Kosgei

Reserve- Sharon Lokedi

#TeamKenya #HesabikaNaMabingwa

It's official now
Marathon Team.
Men.

1. Eliud Kipchoge
2. ⁠Benson Kipruto
3. ⁠Alex Mutiso
Reserve- Timothy Kiplagat
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OUR STATEMENT:

The Foreign Press Association, Africa truly finds the actions of Burkina Faso's government deeply troubling and a continuation of media violations witnessed on the African continent against international journalists and media organisations.

Cc. Capitaine Ibrahim TRAORÉ.

African Union says it has foiled a $6 million attempted fraud on its accounts held at Ethiopia's main bank, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia.

Important from the cabinet on William Samoei Ruto, PhD's evacuation orders 👇🏿👇🏿

'While the government encourages voluntary evacuation, all those who remain within the areas affected by the directive will be relocated forcibly in the interest of their safety.'

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The second-to-last round of talks for a plastic treaty have wrapped without agreement on whether or not to mandate a cap on making new plastic, a key demand of some nations and conservationists, but one fiercely opposed by industry and oil producers

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President William Samoei Ruto, PhD has convened a special cabinet meeting to discuss how to tackle deadly floods that have killed nearly 170 people since March.

Opposition leaders & lobby groups have accused his govt. of being unprepared & slow to react despite meteorological warnings.

'It swept everything': Kenya villagers count toll of dam deluge

#flooding #AFP

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Dozens killed as flash floods hit Kenya

Nakuru governor Susan Kihika told me the current toll is a 'conservative estimate' and that there were still more bodies buried under the deluge.

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قضى 45 شخصاً على الأقل في وسط #كينيا جراء انهيار سدّ بسبب تساقط الامطار الغزيرة على البلاد منذ اسابيع.

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📸 Luis Tato

Hillary Orinde Luis Tato 📹 عشرات القتلى إثر انهيار سدّ في #كينيا جراء الفيضانات

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KIAMBU, Kenya — Desperate to have her five-month-old daughter treated for a skin infection in Kenya, Celine Nyaga rode for an hour on the back of a motorcycle, cradling her baby in her arms. dlvr.it/T65gTb

Talks between the striking doctors and the government broke down this week despite a court deadline to reach an agreement, with each side blaming the other.

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Kenyan patients suffer as doctors' strike grinds on

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I went out with Kate Oglesby and spoke to patients how they are bearing the brunt of the lengthy #DoctorsStrikeKE .

Some have already turned to alternative medicine, including faith healers.

We filed this report for AFP News Agency 👇🏿👇🏿

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UPDATE from DP H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH's office on the #flooding . Most of the dead (32) were in Nairobi, followed by 15 in the Rift Valley.

Water levels in most dams had reached overflow levels & the rains are expected to drop in the second week of May.

AFP News Agency

'Le décompte officiel des compatriotes kényans qui ont malheureusement perdu la vie à cause des inondations s'élève désormais à 70 personnes', a écrit M. Mwaura sur X, précisant à l'AFP que ce bilan était établi depuis le mois de mars.