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🚨 Russia's Putin lays red carpet for Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Kremlin

The leaders held talks in Moscow during Suluhu's state visit to Russia, the first by a Tanzanian head of state in more than 55 years.

Suluhu later travelled to St. Petersburg to participate in SPIEF 2026 and attend a Russia–Tanzania business dialogue.

USA-leaning Ruto went to South Africa abruptly to avoid Russia.

Also, recent US sanction on Tanzanian police chief was a 'warning shot'.

But with blood on her hands, how can Samia Suluhu redeem herself?

What's your take?

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🚨 Sudan diabetics face harsh reach for drug.

In war-torn Sudan, diabetics like Murtada Mohieddin count their last insulin doses in fear.

Smuggled vials—often spoiled or fake—cost a fortune. Factories lie in ruins. Over 40% of health facilities are gone. Millions suffer as the world's largest humanitarian crisis deepens.

This didn't start during war.

In 1998, President Clinton ordered missiles on Al-Shifa—the Khartoum factory producing 50-60% of Sudan's medicines, including diabetes and malaria drugs. Dubious intel claimed chemical weapons. Evidence never held. One strike shattered a budding self-reliant industry, sparking shortages that still echo today.

Decades of vulnerability, sealed by endless conflict. Sudan’s patients pay the price.

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🚨 Ebola is a viral disease with no known cure.

Current statistics as per Center for Diseases Control (CDC)

344 confirmed cases and 60 confirmed deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Neighbouring Uganda has 15 confirmed cases and one fatality.

Source: US CDC

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🇰🇪🚨 Instead of importing from China or Japan, some young Kenyans 🇰🇪 in are manufacturing USB cables.

Thoughts on this?

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🚨 Kenyan activists protest rising cases of gender-based violence, femicide

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Kenya’s capital on Monday, calling for the government to urgently investigate rising cases of gender-based violence and femicide, or the killing of women.

Demonstrators walked through the streets of Nairobi holding placards with messages such as “Stop Killing Women,” while also creating awareness about the disappearance and murders of children reported locally in recent weeks.

Women’s rights organizations have warned of rising cases of gender-based violence and urged the government to declare it a national crisis.

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🚨 U.S. EMBASSY STATEMENT: The American Embassy in Nairobi has assured Kenyans that the Laikipia Ebola facility does not pose any risk to nearby communities.

Officials emphasize safety protocols are in place amid concerns over the facility’s operations.

Is this enough to calm local worries, or should there be more transparency on the Ebola-related activities in Laikipia?

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🚨 Tanzania's Samia Suluhu, is in Moscow for a state visit (June 3-5).

She is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), including the forum's plenary session.

Video by RT

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Uganda confirms 6 cases of Ebola virus as Kenya starts screening at JKIA.

Kenya might have 7 suspected cases pending confirmation by Ministry of Health.

Meanwhile in DRC once bitten, twice shy as residents reject Covid-19-like theatrics demand to see true bodies; beat medical personnel.

It will be a long night for the globalisation mandarins, perhaps Big pharma will have a checkmate this time.

Don't you think?

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🚨 U.S. VISA SHAKEUP IN AFRICA: The American Embassy in Burundi will stop issuing U.S. visas after Washington cuts its visa processing centers across Africa from 50 down to just 20.Remaining hubs: Kigali (Rwanda), Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania), Djibouti, Johannesburg (South Africa), Kampala (Uganda), and Kinshasa (DR Congo).

What does this mean for travel, migration, and U.S. relations with African nations?

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USA House Foreign Affairs Committee has opposed the Trump administration’s move to outsource the care of American Ebola patients to Kenya, saying the US already has domestic facilities designed to safely handle Ebola cases.

The committee says Americans abroad should be brought home and treated by their own government, not dumped on a foreign country.

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🚨 Court rules UK does not have to pay Rwanda over failed asylum plan

A international court has ruled that Britain will not have to pay Rwanda millions of dollars over a collapsed asylum deal.

The controversial plan, set up by the prior British Conservative government, to deport illegal migrants arriving in the UK to the east African country, hit legal and political obstacles from the start.

It was eventually ruled illegal by the British Supreme Court and was cancelled by Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer shortly after he took office in 2024.

Rwanda then sued the Britain for over $130 million, claiming it was still owed the money despite the breach of the agreement.

But the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that the UK was not liable for two years of outstanding costs from the scheme.

The decision was dated 15 May, but was formally announced by the Hague-based panel on Monday. It also rejected two other Rwandan claims linked to alleged breaches by the UK of the pact.

Rwanda’s government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said it respected the court's ruling and considered the matter concluded.

Via Africa News

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🚨 Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has announced a new 30-member government that excludes the Pastef party led by his ousted prime minister.

Faye's announcement came in a live television broadcast less than two weeks after he fired former ally Ousmane Sonko.

The two men fell out amid mounting political and economic tensions, including Sonko’s opposition to an IMF-backed debt restructuring plan

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🚨 Other cities that have national parks in the African continent are:

1. 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa - the Mountain National Park

2. 🇰🇪 Nakuru, Kenya - the Lake Nakuru National Park

3. 🇹🇿 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Marine Parks all around.

4. 🇰🇪 Kisumu Kenya, Impala Sanctuary part of the wider Western Tourism circuit.

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Nairobi being the only city in Africa with a national park is a remarkable privilege any country wishes to have 🇰🇪.

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@milliciachris You read a little my friend.

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🚨 In June 2024, Kenyan youth took to the streets due to government incompetence.

Then US Ambassador Meg Whitman fled to Uganda.

Reports indicated that President William Ruto, was also fuelling his chopper at Moi Airbase Eastleigh to flee, Imelda Marcos (Philippino crazy flee incident).

It is the US that propped up Ruto and also this was seen the way US refused to sign a diplomatic corps statement condemning human rights abuses.

Kenya is officially sold. What's your take?

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🚨 Kenya designates Gate 16 at JKIA for passengers from Ebola high-risk countries

This comes even as THE COUNTRY'S HIGH COURT has stopped the agreement between Kenya and US government on Ebola.

These agreement hurts tourism badly.

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Al Jazeera reports that health workers battling Ebola in eastern DR Congo warn shortages of protective equipment are putting lives at risk, as several medical staff die and hospitals struggle to contain the outbreak amid growing fear and hostility.

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🚨 President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday, 4 June 2026, host His Excellency President William Samoei Ruto of the Republic of Kenya on a State Visit at the Union Buildings in Tshwane.

President Ruto will undertake the State Visit from 3 to 5 June 2026 at the invitation of President Ramaphosa.

South Africa and Kenya enjoy long standing mutually beneficial and cordial relations that were re-established in 1994. South Africa values Kenya as a strategic partner in the East African region and the continent.

The welcome ceremony will be followed by discussions between the Presidents and a Business Forum.

Via South African State House

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🚨 US State Department says it is aware of the court action filed in Kenya against the Ebola isolation facility.

It added that it is in touch with Kenyan authorities and 'are optimistic we can resolve OBJECTIONS'.

On May 29, 2026, Kenya's High Court in Nairobi issued conservatory orders suspending plans for a US-linked Ebola quarantine treatment facility in the country.

The court restrained Kenyan government agencies and officials from "establishing, operationalising, facilitating, approving or permitting" any Ebola-related quarantine, isolation, or treatment facility tied to arrangements with the United States or any foreign government. It also barred admitting anyone exposed to or infected with Ebola under the proposed deal.

Article 37 of the Kenyan constitution guarantees every person the fundamental right to assemble, demonstrate, picket, and present petitions to public authorities.

The case was filed by Katiba Institute, a constitutional and governance watchdog.

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🚨 Analysis: Cambodia might have back tracked on Africans expulsion order after backlash.