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The death of Queen Elizabeth II is announced at the age of 96, ending the longest reign of any British monarch. #QueenElizabeth #QueenElizabethII #uk #Rest In Peace #QueenElisabeth

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Somalia President appoints new Governor for Banadir region , firing Omar Filish . Yusuf Husien Jimale has been appointed for the post . #somalia #mogadishu #xamar

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Kenya's Supreme Court has ruled against candidate Raila Odinga's challenge to the outcome of last month's presidential election. Odinga had alleged electoral fraud after his opponent William Ruto was declared the winner. #KenyasChoice2022 #kenya #RutoThefifth #ElectionsKE2022

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LIVE Explosion : 15 killed in ongoing Al Shabaab siege on #Mogadishu hotel, including the owner . #mogadishu #alshabab #HotelHayat #somalia #somali #somaliland #attack #bomb

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LIVE From #Mogadishu : Young kids evacuated from the Hotel , where militants attacked . Fighting still continues inside Hayat Hotel . #somalia #mogadishu #attack #alshabab #somali #somaliland #fighting

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Live Footage : Fighting continue inside a hotel close to Mogadishu’s main airport . Top NISA Official is reportedly targeted. #mogadishu #attack #alshabab #somali #somalia #somaliland #africa #news

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WATCH LIVE : Huge explosions rock in the Somali capital #Mogadishu . Unspecified number of deaths are reported . #Mogadishu #alshabab #ATTACK #bombs #bombattacks

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Top U.S. delegation meets with Kenya’s president elect Ruto , outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta and the opposition leader Raila Odinga. Stability was the focus of the discussions . #KenyansPoll #KenyaDecides2022 #kenyaelections2022 #kwanza

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BREAKING NEWS : Somalia’s poet legend Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame aka Hadraawi dies in Hargeysa. #somalia #somaliland #hadraawi #mogadishu #africa #somali

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Raila Odinga dismisses Kenya’s election results . He asked Supreme Court to avert Ruto’s presidency . #kenyaelections2022 #KenyaDecides2022 #Kenya #KenyansPoll #ElectionsKE2022

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Kenya’s electoral commission issues the official letter of Ruto’s presidency . #KenyaDecides2022 #KenyanElection2022

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President elect William Ruto Address nation after his landslide victory. #kenyaelections2022 #KenyaDecides #RutoThefifth #RutoFor2022 #presidentruto #kenya #PoliticsLive #politics

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Kenya’s Deputy President William Samoei #Ruto has just won the 2022 presidential election, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declares, amid claims by Raila Odinga’s chief agent that the election was “rigged.” #kenyaelections2022 #KenyaDecides2022

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The #media is invited to broadcast the results of the latest election in #Kenya. Get ready and stay-tuned! #KenyaDecides2022 #KenyasChoice2022 #kenya #KenyaDecides2022

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Ruto is on edge to become 5th president of Kenya . Celebrations have started early #KenyaDecides2022 #Kenya #KenyaDecides2022 #KenyasChoice2022 #KenyaDecides #Kenya #KenyansPoll

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This guy deserves an opportunity coz he is a hustler . He represents all hustlers across world . #kenyaelections2022 #kenya #KenyasChoice2022 #KenyaDecides #RutoThe5th #RutoFor2022 #kenyaelections2022

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Deputy President William Ruto edged ahead of his main rival Raila #Odinga in Kenya’s presidential election as the country remained on tenterhooks for the final election outcome. #kenyaelections2022 #kenya #KenyaDecides2022 #KenyasChoice2022 #RutoFor2022

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Pope Francis on Sunday called for international help for #Somalia to fight a “deadly” drought that the #UN says has displaced one million people. #somalia #kenya #Ethiopia #droughtinsomalia #Drought2022 #help

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US calls for peace as #Kenya waits for results. Secretary #Blinken also encouraged continued peace and patience as the vote tallying from Kenya’s August 9 election continues. #kenyaelections2022 #kenyaelections2022 #KenyaDecides #Uhuru #ElectionsKE #africa

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Opposition leader Raila Odinga ahead in Kenya’s presidential race, official results show. #kenya #kenyaelections2022 #KenyaDecides2022 #KenyansPoll #KenyaKwanza