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ABUJA, Aug 4 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Nigeria asked Google&nbsp;GOOGL.O&nbsp;to block the use of YouTube channels and livestreams by banned groups and terrorist organizations in the country, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Thursday.



Nigeria has been exploring ways to regulate social media usage in the country, Africa&#8217;s most populous. The country is home to millions of internet users and platforms like YouTube, Twitter&nbsp;TWTR.N, Facebook&nbsp;META.O&nbsp;and Tiktok are popular.



YouTube &#8220;channels and emails containing names of banned groups and their affiliates should not be allowed on Google platforms,&#8221; Mohammed said he told Google executives in Abuja, the country&#8217;s capital.



Charles Murito, Google&#8217;s sub-Saharan African director for government affairs and public policy, in a statement said the company already has measures to address the Nigerian government&#8217;s concerns.



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Those measures include a system for trained users to flag troublesome content, he added. &#8220;We share the same goals and objectives,&#8221; Murito said. &#8220;We do not want our platform to be used for ill purposes.&#8221;



The minister said the government was particularly concerned with online activities by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The government has labeled IPOB, a group campaigning for the secession of a southeastern region of Nigeria, a &#8220;terrorist organization.&#8221;



The YouTube concerns are part of an effort by the government, the minister said, to protect Nigerian internet users from harmful effects of social media, especially ahead of a presidential election next year.



Nigeria suspended Twitter in June 2021 and blocked access to users after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari threatening to punish regional secessionists.



The government lifted the Twitter ban six months later.<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL2N2NM1P8&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a><a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2TS2C3&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



(Reporting by Felix Onuah and Camillus Eboh; Writing by Chijioke Ohuocha. Edited by Paulo Prada.)

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Nigeria asks Google to block banned groups from YouTube

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NAIROBI, Aug 4 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;East Africa&#8217;s economic powerhouse will hold elections on Aug. 9 to select a new president, parliament, county governors and assemblies. President Uhuru Kenyatta will be stepping down after serving his constitutionally allowed 10 years.



Many voters want change, frustrated by corruption and skyrocketing prices. But both frontrunners vying to succeed Kenyatta have ties to him.



Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has received Kenyatta&#8217;s endorsement. William Ruto has been Kenyatta&#8217;s deputy president for the past decade, although the two men fell out.



Odinga, a left-leaning former political prisoner, has served as prime minister and is the son of the nation&#8217;s first vice president.



Ruto, a gifted orator who says he once sold chicken by the roadside, has portrayed the election as a fight between common &#8220;hustlers&#8221; and elite &#8220;dynasties&#8221;.



Both are wooing voters in East Africa&#8217;s richest and most stable nation by promising to reign in ballooning foreign borrowing and help the poor. Less than 0.1% of Kenyans own more wealth than the bottom 99.9% combined, according to Oxfam. The global spike in fuel and food prices has hit families hard.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2Z02XF&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



The candidates have also stitched together alliances of ethnic voting blocs. Such ethnic rivalries led to deadly violence in previous elections after results were disputed.



But unlike the past four elections, Kenyatta&#8217;s Kikuyu ethnic group, the nation&#8217;s largest, has no presidential candidate to unify behind. Both Odinga and Ruto have chosen Kikuyu vice-presidential running mates.



The potential fracturing of Kenya&#8217;s biggest ethnic voting bloc makes for an unpredictable election, said Murithi Mutiga, Africa head for global think tank International Crisis Group.



&#8220;The public has grown weary of all the byzantine alliances among the political elites,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Politicians are being forced to discuss issues that really matter.&#8221;



Young citizens are particularly disenchanted, he said; many have not bothered registering to vote.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-voter-apathy">VOTER APATHY</h2>



Those are Kenyans like 30-year-old motorbike taxi driver Calvince Okumu, who falls into a demographic courted by both camps.



He is one of the country&#8217;s 1.6 million motorcycle taxi drivers – the kind of young, hardscrabble entrepreneur Ruto promises to give loans to. He also hails from Western Kenya, Odinga&#8217;s stronghold, and could benefit from his promise to provide a basic income to the poorest families.



He&#8217;s not interested.



&#8220;Why should I line up for four hours to vote?&#8221; asked Okumu, a part-time student. &#8220;There&#8217;s no difference between the two.&#8221;



The number of registered voters aged 18-34 has dropped more than 5 percent since the 2017 election, despite population growth of around 12 percent.



Okumu&#8217;s more concerned about finding steady work. More than a tenth of Kenyans aged 18 &#8211; 64 are unemployed and nearly one in five are out of the labor force &#8211; meaning they are not looking for work, according to the World Bank.



Endemic corruption has also angered voters; both camps include officials charged with or even convicted of corruption.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N2Z12DD&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



In the northeast, the worst drought in 40 years has forced parched grazing lands and forced 4.1 million people to depend on food aid. Their plight has barely been mentioned as would-be leaders buzzed across the country in fleets of helicopters.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2ZA3DD&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">UNREST</h2>



The shadow of the violence following disputed 2007 elections, which killed 1,200 people and displaced around 600,000, hangs over each election cycle.



Kenyatta and Ruto were among six Kenyans charged at the International Criminal Court over their alleged roles in the 2007 violence. Both denied the charges and their cases collapsed.



Violence also followed the 2017 polls, when more than 100 people were killed.



This time, there&#8217;s been less pre-election violence; communities are working hard to defuse tensions.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N2ZE1A8&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>&nbsp;The Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to nullify and re-run the last election also means there&#8217;s higher confidence in the justice system &#8211; so disputes are more likely to go to the courts than the streets.



In Kenya&#8217;s sugar country, volunteers keep election relations sweet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N2ZE1A8&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



In northern Kenya, drought may keep some herders from voting<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2ZA3DD&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Women candidates in Kenyan elections endure abuse and attacks<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AnL8N2ZA39A&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Debt shadow may hang over Kenya&#8217;s next president<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2Z644Z&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Corruption convictions no bar to running in Kenya&#8217;s elections<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N2Z12DD&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Kenyan health activist moves from mangrove swamps to politics<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2YZ18R&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Kenya presidential hopeful Ruto promises to publish contracts with China<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N2Z11YF&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Kenya presidential contenders pick rights champion, political campaigner as running mates<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL5N2X80NQ&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



FACTBOX-Kenya&#8217;s 2022 presidential election contenders&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2Z02XF&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



(Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

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Weary and wary, Kenyans gear up for national elections

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LUSAKA, Aug 4 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;China invited Zambia&#8217;s private creditors to discuss the nation&#8217;s debt later this month after official creditors agreed to a restructuring of its debt, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Du Xiaohui said on Thursday.



Zambia&#8217;s creditors have pledged to negotiate a restructuring of the country&#8217;s debts in a move welcomed by International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva as &#8220;clearing the way&#8221; for a $1.4 billion fund programme.<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2ZB04Q&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



The creditor committee, co-chaired by China and France, also called on private creditors to &#8220;commit without delay&#8221; to negotiating debt relief on terms at least as favourable.



&#8220;If the official creditors from China agree with the restructuring process, then the private sector from China will follow comparable terms to deal the debt issue for Zambia,&#8221; Du said at a public discussion.



&#8220;There is an invitation from co-chair China to other private creditors to have a friendly conversation on the Zambian debt issue this month,&#8221; he added.



In 2020, Zambia became the first African country in the pandemic era to default. The restructuring of its external debt, which amounted to more than $17 billion at the end of 2021, is seen by many analysts as a test case.



The first bilateral creditor meeting was held in June after Zambia&#8217;s government complained of delays to the restructuring. Talks are taking place under the Common Framework, a debt relief process launched by the Group of 20 major economies in 2020 which has been criticised by some for being slow to yield results.



(Reporting by Chris Mfula; Editing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Mike Harrison)

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China invites Zambia’s private creditors for debt restructuring talks

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JOHANNESBURG, Aug 4 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;South Africa&#8217;s health regulator reported on Thursday a causal link between the death of an individual and Johnson &amp; Johnson&#8217;s (J&amp;J)&nbsp;JNJ.N&nbsp;COVID-19 vaccine, the first time such a direct link has been made in the country.



The person presented with rare neurological disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome soon after being given J&amp;J&#8217;s vaccine, after which the person was put on a ventilator and later died, senior scientists told a news conference.



&#8220;At the time of illness no other cause for the Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) could be identified,&#8221; Professor Hannelie Meyer said.



The person&#8217;s age and other personal details were not disclosed for confidentiality reasons.



Last July, U.S. authorities added a warning to a factsheet for J&amp;J&#8217;s vaccine saying data suggested there was an increased risk of GBS in the six weeks after vaccination. At the time it noted 100 preliminary reports of GBS in vaccine recipients, including 95 serious cases and one reported death.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2OO1Y1&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



J&amp;J did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. The company said at the time of the U.S. warning it was in discussions with regulators and the rate of reported cases of GBS in J&amp;J vaccine recipients exceeded the background rate only slightly.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2OO1Y1&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



&#8220;The benefit of vaccination still far outweighs the risk,&#8221; Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela, chief executive of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), told reporters.



&#8220;In our context we have administered about 9 million (doses) of the Janssen (J&amp;J) vaccine, and this is the first causally linked case of GBS.&#8221;



Europe&#8217;s medicines regulator last year added GBS as a possible side-effect of AstraZeneca&#8217;s&nbsp;AZN.L&nbsp;COVID vaccine which, like J&amp;J&#8217;s, uses viral vector technology.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2OY1YP&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a><a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N2QA36O&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



South Africa&#8217;s Health Minister Joe Phaahla told Thursday&#8217;s news conference that as of mid-July there had been just over 6,200 &#8220;adverse events&#8221; reported to SAHPRA out of the more than 37 million COVID vaccine doses administered in the country, equivalent to 0.017%.



Semete-Makokotlela said the regulator had assessed around 160 deaths since the COVID vaccination rollout started but had not seen a causal link to vaccination until now.



South Africa has been using shots from J&amp;J and Pfizer&nbsp;PFE.N&nbsp;in its COVID vaccination campaign. The rollout got off to a slow start due to difficulties securing supplies and protracted negotiations with pharmaceutical companies, but more recently it has been slowed by hesitancy.



Around 46% of its adult population of 40 million is now fully vaccinated.



(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Editing by Mark Potter)

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NAIROBI, Aug 4 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Kenya holds a presidential election on Aug. 9 with opinion polls predicting a tight race between veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and serving Deputy President William Ruto.



Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, constitutionally barred from seeking a third five-year term,&nbsp;has publicly criticised his deputy&nbsp;and endorsed Odinga.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2V02ZC&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Kenyatta&#8217;s Kikuyu ethnic group, the nation&#8217;s most populous, has produced three of four presidents since independence from Britain in 1963, but does not have a presidential candidate this time. Recognising the importance of ethnic voting blocs, both frontrunners have picked a Kikuyu vice president.



Presidential candidates George Wajackoyah and David Mwaure Waihiga are polling in low single-digit numbers, but votes going their way might mean neither Odinga nor Ruto secure a majority, pushing the race to a second round.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">WILLIAM RUTO</h2>



Ruto heads the Kenya Kwanza (Kenya First) Alliance and served as a lawmaker and minister for agriculture before becoming deputy president.



In the 2007 election, Ruto sided with Odinga and lost. Around 1,200 people were killed in the violence that followed.



He was later charged with crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court for his alleged role in the violence, but the case collapsed. He denied any wrongdoing.



In 2013 and 2017, he teamed up with Kenyatta to defeat Odinga.



An eloquent orator, 55-year-old teetotaller Ruto has pledged to boost spending for small farmers and private businesses, and reform national health insurance and social security funds.



Ruto portrays himself as a former roadside chicken seller representing working-class &#8220;hustlers&#8221; against wealthy political &#8220;dynasties&#8221;.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL2N2VI13S&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">RAILA ODINGA</h2>



Odinga is running for president under the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) Alliance, which includes Kenyatta&#8217;s Jubilee party. Odinga is the son of the nation&#8217;s first vice president, while Kenyatta is the son of the first president.



A former political prisoner, Odinga says the last three elections were stolen from him. Deadly violence followed the disputed 2007 and 2017 votes.



Odinga has pledged to stamp out widespread graft and give a monthly stipend to the unemployed, universal healthcare and free education to all. He named his eldest son Fidel in a nod to his left-wing sympathies.



His political heartland is in western Kenya, whose residents have in the past complained of neglect by the government due to their support for the opposition.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">GEORGE WAJACKOYAH</h2>



Wajackoyah, 63, who describes himself as a lawyer, academic and former spy, is running under the Roots Party of Kenya banner.



He pledges to legalise cultivating marijuana for industrial and medicinal use, and export hyena testicles and snake venom to help pay Kenya&#8217;s external public debt.



He also plans to suspend parts of the constitution for six months and hang anyone convicted of corruption.



He has attracted some young voters and enraged many religious leaders.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-david-mwaure-waihiga">DAVID MWAURE WAIHIGA</h2>



Waihiga, also a lawyer, is running on the Agano Party of Kenya ticket.



He pledges to tackle government graft, and publish the government contracts for major infrastructure projects such as railways, ports and highways.



(Reporting by George Obulutsa; Editing by Katharine Houreld and Kenneth Maxwell)

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Kenya’s 2022 presidential election contenders

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ABUJA, Aug 3 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Nigeria&#8217;s broadcast regulator has fined Multichoice Nigeria Ltd, part of a South African pay-TV group, and others 5 million naira ($12,013) each for airing a BBC report that it said &#8220;glorified the activities of bandits and undermines national security.&#8221;



The National Broadcasting Commission said in a statement on Wednesday that the outlets had until Aug. 30 to pay.



It also fined local channel Trust TV, part of the group that owns the prominent Daily Trust newspaper, for its own report on banditry.



&#8220;The Commission wishes to seize this opportunity to advise broadcasters to be circumspect and deliberate in the choice and carriage of contents deleterious to Nigeria&#8217;s national security,&#8221; NBC said in a statement.



The Daily Trust quoted its management as saying, &#8220;We wish to state unequivocally that as a television station, we believe we were acting in the public interest by shedding light on the thorny issue of banditry.&#8221;



&#8220;This story is overwhelmingly in the public interest and the BBC stands by its journalism,&#8221; the BBC said in an emailed statement.



Multichoice had no immediate comment.



Armed criminals, known locally as bandits, have kidnapped thousands of Nigerians over the past two years.



Free speech and democracy activists in Africa&#8217;s most populous country have raised the alarm over what they say are erosions to freedom of expression in recent years, including last year&#8217;s ban on social media platform Twitter.



Nigeria has a presidential election in February in which deteriorating security nationwide could play a prominent role.



(Reporting by Camillus Eboh in Abuja and Libby George and MacDonald Dzirutwe in Lagos, additional reporting by Felix Onuah and Promit Mukherjee in Johannesburg; editing by Jonathan Oatis, Sandra Maler, Cynthia Osterman and Marguerita Choy)

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Nigeria fines Multichoice, others for airing BBC report on banditry -statement

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NEW YORK, Aug 3 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Emerging markets posted a fifth straight month of portfolio outflows in July, setting the longest such streak in records going back to 2005, as global recession risk, inflation and a strong dollar drew away cash, data from the Institute of International Finance (IIF) showed on Wednesday.



Non-residents pulled $9.8 billion out of emerging market portfolios in July, the data show,&nbsp;compared&nbsp;with&nbsp;an outflow&nbsp;of $3.8 billion in June and a $35.1 billion inflow in July 2021.



Net outflow over the past five months totaled $39.3 billion, according to the IIF.



Cash has left emerging markets partly because developed economies have reversed years of very low interest rates to try to put a cap on inflation. Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine in February triggered a spike in food and energy prices that increased their challenge.



Commodity exporters, many in emerging markets, gained revenue and attracted investment, and heightened payments to them also countered dollar strength &#8211; but only for a while.



&#8220;Most of the recent dynamics in flows can be attributed to the dollar,&#8221; IIF economist Jonathan Fortun said in a statement, noting that following a string of interest rate hikes the U.S. Federal Reserve could be approaching a &#8220;neutral&#8221; rate. Reaching it and achieving some stability in U.S. interest rates could help stem the outflows.



But on Tuesday a trio of Fed officials from across the policy spectrum signaled that they and their colleagues remained &#8220;completely united&#8221; on getting U.S. interest rates up to a level that would more significantly curb economic activity and put a dent in the highest inflation since the 1980s.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2ZE1P1&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



The dollar index&nbsp;=USD&nbsp;21-day moving average closed on Tuesday at its highest level since mid-November 2002.



&#8220;For the coming months, several factors will influence flows dynamics,&#8221; said Fortun. &#8220;Among these (are) the timing of inflation peaking and the outlook for the Chinese economy.&#8221;



July saw inflows of $2.5 billion to emerging-market equity portfolios outside of China, the first month of inflows since February, while ex-China emerging-market debt posted $6.0 billion in outflows. China saw a net outflow of $6.4 billion, with $2.9 billion leaving debt portfolios and $3.5 billion exiting equities.



(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Paul Simao and Bradley Perrett)

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Emerging market portfolios post longest streak of monthly outflows on record – IIF

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="820" height="547" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-536213350-820x547.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-418941" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-536213350-820x547.jpg 820w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-536213350-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-536213350-135x90.jpg 135w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-536213350-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-536213350-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-536213350-scaled.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" /><figcaption>The Stars Foundation visiting Action in the Community Environment (ACE) in Bungoma, Kenya. A man is transporting sugar canes on his bicycle. The area around Bungoma is very fertile but most of the land is used to grow sugar canes. Sugar cane is what is called a cash crop (or a man&#8217;s crop), it is easy to grow and can be sold off in one go earning the farmer some easy cash. The trouble in Bungoma is that few women and children get to benefit from the cash and since the land is full of sugar canes they often go hungry and malnourished. | Location: Bungoma, Kenya. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>



KIBIGORI, Kenya, Aug 3 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;The khaki-coloured road slicing through Kibigori town in Kenya&#8217;s sugar-growing country is more than a county boundary, it is also a faultline dividing communities fielding rival presidential candidates in the Aug. 9 election.



The town&#8217;s split loyalties and history of unrest make it a potential flashpoint where armed police are conducting daily patrols. But it is also a test case for home-grown community peace-building in a country wary of the violence that followed the disputed 2007 and 2017 elections.



In 2017, tit-for-tat violence erupted in the town between two of the nation&#8217;s largest ethnic groups – the Luo and the Kalenjin. Houses were torched, cattle stolen and six people killed.



This time, religious leaders and volunteer peace ambassadors from both sides are trying to stop problems before they start. The peace ambassadors are part of a nationwide initiative &#8211; the Peace Ambassadors Integration Organisation.



On the southern side of the town, residents from the Luo community largely back their ethnic kinsman and veteran opposition presidential hopeful Raila Odinga. Their neighbours to the north overwhelmingly support Deputy President William Ruto, a fellow ethnic Kalenjin.



No politician is worth a life, the peace ambassadors say.



&#8220;Every five years politicians come and make more promises&#8230; but when you elect them they disappear,&#8221; said Willis Oundo, who has volunteered as a peace ambassador with the Luo community for 14 years.



Local politicians from both sides promise to move the county boundary north or south, he said, giving their supporters a larger share of fertile lands rich with sugar cane and grazing grounds.



Oundo tells voters to ignore politics and focus on shared interest: the sugar plantations and factories where residents work side by side.



&#8220;When we fight, the economy collapses,&#8221; he said.



Prisca Rono, one of Oundo&#8217;s counterparts from the Kalenjin community, says the same.



&#8220;If we don&#8217;t have peace, industry will close. No peace, no work,&#8221; she said.



Some residents are still worried. Shopkeepers from both sides plan to close their business two days before the vote.



At the Grace Gospel Ministry, a corrugated iron church on the southern side of town, pastor Moses Agolla said Kalenjin parishioners stopped coming as political tensions rose three months ago. Agolla was injured in 2017 when a mob attacked him and torched his house.



Several weeks ago, in a nearby town, leaflets were distributed ordering people to vote for Ruto or leave town. On Tuesday, police arrested eight people in a different area for distributing incendiary leaflets in the Rift Valley.



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To help improve ties, Agolla has sent parishioners door-to-door to preach peace, and held meetings with likeminded pastors from across the street.



&#8220;My message is to vote for peace,&#8221; Agolla said.



Rono and Oundo agree there&#8217;s far less hate-speech or threats to seize land than before the 2017 election. Cattle-rustling, often a spark for revenge, has reduced.



Nationally, pre-election violence such as hate leaflets, civil unrest, intimidation, attacks on candidates, has fallen by more than two-thirds between January and end of July compared with the same period in the run-up to the 2017 polls, said Declan Galvin of risk advisory company WS Insight.



The peace ambassadors also liaise between citizens and security forces, who are frequently accused by rights groups of using excessive force to quell protests.



&#8220;This election is a bit volatile,&#8221; Oundo said. &#8220;You never know what will happen&#8230; we&#8217;ll keep on talking.&#8221;



(Reporting by Baz Ratner; Writing by Hereward Holland. Editing by Jane Merriman)

Kenya – Bungoma – Action in the Community Environment

In Kenya’s sugar country, volunteers keep election relations sweet

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="820" height="547" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1084513522-820x547.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-418937" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1084513522-820x547.jpg 820w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1084513522-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1084513522-135x90.jpg 135w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1084513522-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1084513522-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1084513522-scaled.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" /><figcaption>Workers prepare pieces of metal for resale at a scrap and sheet metal stall in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Hopes of an economic revival in Zimbabwe lie in tatters 14 months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa took office, as the nation reels from foreign-exchange and fuel shortages, strikes and a dearth of political leadership. Photographer: Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>



HARARE, Aug 3 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Shepherd Chowe pushes a cart filled with tins, iron rods and other metallic objects down a dusty pathway in Hopley, a poor settlement about 15 km west of Zimbabwe&#8217;s capital, Harare.



It is 11 a.m. and Chowe, 46, has arrived at a scrap yard where dozens of metal scavengers await to sell their wares. For two sacks, Chowe gets paid $6.



&#8220;I start moving around the township at 8 a.m. &#8230; asking people for scrap metal or anything metallic they are not using anymore,&#8221; Chowe said, adding that on a good day he takes home $40.



Chowe is among Zimbabweans selling scrap metal for survival as the cost of living soars, piling pressure on a population already facing food shortages and high unemployment, stirring memories of economic chaos years ago under veteran leader Robert Mugabe&#8217;s near four-decade rule.



Annual inflation, which hit 256.9% in July, has cast a shadow over President Emmerson Mnangagwa&#8217;s bid to revitalise the economy.



By selling scrap metal, Chowe can afford to pay rent, buy food and pay school fees for his two daughters.



&#8220;Scrap metal has given us hope,&#8221; Chowe said.



Zimbabwe&#8217;s steel industry has been struggling since the collapsed of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel) more than a decade ago.



However, in recent years, small steel producers working with scrap yard dealers are picking up the pieces.



&#8220;These scavengers help the steel industry which we supply. Sometimes they (steel makers) lack money to pay us, but the metal is always available,&#8221; scrap yard owner Fungai Mataga said, as workers loaded metal into a truck headed for Kwekwe in the Midlands, the home of steel manufactures.



Mataga buys cast iron for $0.15 per kg and mild steel $0.22 per kg from scavengers.



&#8220;They all come here to sell (metal) for survival,&#8221; he said.



The scrap metal trade is not illegal in Zimbabwe, but has raised concerns about vandalism of infrastructure including that of state-owned National Railways of Zimbabwe, which has called for the trade to be regulated.



As Chowe leaves the scrap yard, 19-year-old Mike Mavhunga arrives saddled with sacks of tins.



Every day he wakes up at 5 a.m. to walk 10 km to Glen Norah, a township west of Harare, his hunting ground for metal.



&#8220;My aim is to get at least two bags of scrap metal which gives me $6. But on a rough day, I get $1 or $1.50,&#8221; Mavhunga said. &#8220;This is how I survive.&#8221;



(Editing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Alison Williams)

Tanking Economy Snaps Zimbabwe Dream Of Post-Mugabe Revival

Impoverished Zimbabweans turn to scrap metal trade as inflation bites

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="820" height="547" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1412591406-820x547.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-418923" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1412591406-820x547.jpg 820w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1412591406-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1412591406-135x90.jpg 135w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1412591406-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1412591406-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1412591406-scaled.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" /><figcaption>TAIPEI, TAIWAN &#8211; AUGUST 03: Speaker of the U.S. House Of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), center, speaks after receiving the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon, Taiwan’s highest civilian honour, from Taiwan&#8217;s President Tsai Ing-wen, right, at the president&#8217;s office on August 03, 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan. Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday as part of a tour of Asia aimed at reassuring allies in the region, as China made it clear that her visit to Taiwan would be seen in a negative light. (Photo by Chien Chih-Hung/Office of The President via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>



JOHANNESBURG, Aug 3 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;The South African rand regained some ground on Wednesday as China&#8217;s response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s visit to Taiwan was not as severe as some in financial markets had feared.



Pelosi&#8217;s visit has caused an escalation in tensions between the United States and China, which views Taiwan as a breakaway province, triggering a sell-off in risk-sensitive currencies like the rand on Tuesday.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2ZE1CN&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



China demonstrated its anger with a burst of military activity, and by summoning the U.S. ambassador and halting several agricultural imports from Taiwan. But demand for safe-haven assets eased on Wednesday, providing some respite to the rand.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2ZF06C&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



At 0730 GMT, the South African currency&nbsp;ZAR=D3&nbsp;traded at 16.6800 to the dollar, nearly 1% stronger than its previous close. On Tuesday it lost almost 2%.



Also providing support to rand assets in a relatively light week for domestic economic data, a purchasing managers&#8217; index survey showed South African private sector activity expanded for the third month in a row in July.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AZRN004TQL&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



The South African government&#8217;s benchmark 2030 bond&nbsp;ZAR2030=&nbsp;was slightly weaker in early deals, with the yield up 2 basis points to 10.365%.



(Reporting by Alexander Winning; Editing by Mark Potter)

US House Speaker Pelosi Visits Taiwan

South African rand rises; China’s response to Pelosi visit not as severe as feared

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Aug 3 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis said on Tuesday he would not sign African players any longer unless they agreed to not take part in the Africa Cup of Nations.



Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly &#8211; now at Premier League side Chelsea &#8211; and Cameroon midfielder Andre Zambo Anguissa missed several Napoli games while on international duty at this year&#8217;s AFCON, which took place between January and February.



&#8220;Or they sign a waiver giving up their right to participate to the Africa Cup of Nations tournaments or between AFCON and the championships in South America &#8230; I never have them (Napoli players) available,&#8221; he said in a Wall Street Italia talk show.



He criticised the fact that clubs were agreeing to more and more games, suggesting a European tournament with the top clubs from the strongest five countries instead of the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League.



&#8220;The world of football cannot self manage because we do the puppet show for others &#8230; if we could play 100 games, it would be a happy ending for everyone and we (clubs) like cretins agree to that.&#8221;



The Italian film producer also said he did not support the breakaway European Super League which folded less than 48 hours after it was announced last year as it was an elite club.



&#8220;You cannot create a super club of privileged members who invite others (to the league). You need to democratically keep the door open for everyone,&#8221; he said.



The Italian film producer added he was tired of offers from investment funds for the club, adding that he was offered 900 million euros around four to five years ago by American investors.



&#8220;You (bidders) did not understand a thing (about me). I am a pure entrepreneur who enjoys doing business &#8230; let me play,&#8221; he said.



&#8220;I want to be the 12th player on the pitch. Actually the 12th player is the fan, I can be the 13th or even the 14th, as 14 is my favourite number.&#8221;



(Reporting by Silvia Recchimuzzi in Gdansk; Editing by Stephen Coates)

Serie A – Empoli v Napoli

Napoli to sign African players only if they sign AFCON waiver, owner says

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LENGUSAKA, Kenya, Aug 2 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;In Kenya&#8217;s northern Samburu County, severe drought has forced herders to migrate hundreds of kilometres in search of pasture and water, meaning some may have to skip voting in elections set for Aug. 9.



People are more focused on trying to save their animals and livelihoods than on casting their ballots.



&#8220;The problem is that our pastoralists have gone very far to look for pasture&#8230; They will not get a chance of coming back to vote,&#8221; said Paul Paradisi, administrator of Koiting Location in Samburu County with about 6,800 residents.



Poor rainfall means around four million people in Kenya are currently facing acute food shortages, and cases of child malnutrition have surged by half in parts of the country. <a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2Z337V&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-read-more-usaid-pledges-kenya-255-mln-to-fight-drought-appeals-to-rich-countries-to-help">Read more: <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2022/usaid-to-give-kenya-255-mln-for-drought-administrator/">USAID pledges Kenya $255 mln to fight drought, appeals to rich countries to help</a></h3>



To cushion the impact, the government and Kenya Red Cross will spend some 24 million shillings ($202,190) to buy livestock for slaughter in Samburu County.



The meat from the animals will be given back to the herders after they have been killed.



Mary Yanaiyo, mother of eight from Koiting Location, told Reuters that people were suffering because the rains had failed and food prices skyrocketed.



&#8220;The children went to graze the cows far away and we don&#8217;t know when they will come back,&#8221; she said, as government officials and Red Cross personnel distributed meat behind her.



Kenya holds presidential, parliamentary and local government elections on Aug. 9.



($1 = 118.7000 Kenyan shillings)



(Reporting by Thomas Mukoya; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Alexander Winning and Gareth Jones)

In northern Kenya, drought may keep some herders from voting in Samburu

In northern Kenya, drought may keep some herders from voting

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KALGOORLIE, Australia, Aug 2 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Gold Fields&nbsp;GFIJ.J&nbsp;Chief Executive Chris Griffith said on Tuesday that convincing the company&#8217;s shareholders to back its takeover offer for Canada&#8217;s Yamana Gold&nbsp;YRI.TO&nbsp;was still a &#8220;work in progress&#8221;.



The South Africa listed miner, with assets in Australia, Africa and South America, announced plans in May to acquire Yamana in an all-share deal valuing the Canada-listed miner at $6.7 billion on May 31.



But shares of Gold Fields plunged after news of the proposed takeover. Last month the miner promised higher dividends and a Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) listing to sweeten its takeover offer.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2YS0CB&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



The market has started to understand the strategy and the timing of the deal, but is still miffed with the premium the company offered to pay, Griffith told reporters at a mining conference in Kalgoorlie, Australia.



&#8220;We are trying to get them to see the massive upside that exists in this deal. So work in progress is probably the best way to describe it,&#8221; he said when asked if investors and shareholders were on board with the deal.



Gold Fields shareholders will vote on the deal in the second week of October.



Griffith said the company has held a couple of road shows in recent weeks to &#8220;educate&#8221; shareholders.



Redwheel, one of the 10 biggest investors in Gold Fields, publicly told the miner to cancel the takeover, which it described as an expensive error with no guarantee of growth and profitability.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2XX3FQ&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Gold Fields&#8217; shares tumbled 25% in the first few days after the details of the deal and the premium it was paying emerged. But the shares have made a comeback since, Griffith said.



When asked if the deal terms would be changed if there&#8217;s pushback from shareholders, Griffith said: &#8220;The deal structure has been locked in. We don&#8217;t foresee that we will change the deal structure. But I do say that never say never.&#8221;



(Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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Gold Fields CEO: Shareholder buy-in for Yamana takeover is still ‘work in progress’

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JOHANNESBURG, Aug 1 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;The principle that the South African government will take on some of state power utility Eskom&#8217;s debt has been agreed, but there is no consensus over how much, the finance minister said on Monday.



Eskom, which regularly implements electricity outages that choke economic growth, is saddled with around 400 billion rand ($24.32 billion) of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/safrica-eskom-idUKL8N2YG4Y9">debt</a>&nbsp;it cannot afford to service without government bailouts.



South African officials have been grappling with different options for years, but no definitive solution has been reached.



&#8220;It&#8217;s an accepted issue &#8230; that debt for Eskom is unsustainable,&#8221; Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told a news conference. &#8220;It poses a risk to the sovereign, to avoid that sovereign risk the sovereign has got to step in.&#8221;



&#8220;What has not been settled yet &#8230; is the quantum of that, how much will be taken by the sovereign, but the principle is there. At the moment both (National) Treasury officials and Eskom officials are developing scenarios which we will table before cabinet,&#8221; Godongwana added.



The minister was part of a delegation of ministers expanding on measures announced a week ago by President Cyril Ramaphosa to tackle the country&#8217;s worst power crisis to date.



<a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/safrica-eskom-idUSL8N2Z64VL">Ramaphosa</a>&nbsp;pledged to expand generation, cut red tape and buy surplus electricity from private producers and neighbouring countries.



Since taking office in 2018, Ramaphosa&#8217;s administration has tried to reform South Africa&#8217;s ailing power supply industry, but he has made little headway and this year outages are set to reach a record level.



($1 = 16.4448 rand)



FACTBOX-Why is South Africa facing its worst power crisis in two years?<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2YG4Y9&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



(Reporting by Alexander Winning and Bhargav Acharya; editing by Barbara Lewis)

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South Africa to take on Eskom debt, but unclear how much

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LAGOS, Aug 1 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Dubai&#8217;s Emirates plans to reduce flights to Nigeria this month due to troubles repatriating revenue from Africa&#8217;s most populous nation, according to a letter sent to the government and seen by Reuters.



Emirates plans to cut the number of flights to Lagos to seven from 11 by mid-August, the letter said, adding it had $85 million stuck in the country as of July, a figure that had been rising by $10 million per month.



Industry observers say more airlines could follow suit if the central bank, which restricts access to foreign currency to tackle a severe dollar shortage, did not address airlines&#8217; issues.



&#8220;We have no choice but to take this action, to mitigate the continued losses Emirates is experiencing as a result of funds being blocked in Nigeria,&#8221; it said in a letter to aviation minister Hadi Sirika dated July 22.



A spokesperson for the aviation ministry did not reply to a request for comment.



Emirates, in an emailed statement, said trouble repatriating funds was impacting its commercial viability in Nigeria and that efforts to solve the problem had been met with limited success.



Emirates did not comment directly on the letter and said it hoped to continue a full schedule.



Last week, the naira&#8217;s black market value versus the dollar dropped to a record low. The central bank said it was worried about the naira&#8217;s value.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2ZA1UL&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Nigeria, which gets roughly 90% of its foreign exchange from oil, is struggling to produce due to pipeline theft and years of underinvestment.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL5N2WW3WT&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a><a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2QA49E&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Amid similar foreign exchange restrictions in 2016, several airlines reduced flights and carriers Iberia and United Airlines stopped flying to Nigeria altogether. The latter re-launched a Nigerian service last year, but Iberia has yet to return.



The International Air Transport Association said in June Nigeria was withholding hundreds of millions in revenue that international carriers operating in the country had earned.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2Y608C&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



(Additional reporting by Camillus Eboh in Abuja and Maha El Dahan in DubaiEditing by Mark Potter)

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Emirates plans to reduce Nigeria service due to trapped revenue – letter

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NAIROBI, Aug 1 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Kenya has no intention of shutting down Facebook, which is owned by Meta&nbsp;META.O, its ICT minister said on Monday after the national cohesion watchdog gave the platform seven days to comply with rules on hate speech or face suspension.



The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) on Friday accused Facebook of contravening Kenya&#8217;s constitution and laws for failing to tackle hate speech and incitement on the platform ahead of Aug. 9 national elections.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2ZA0PN&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



&#8220;We do not have a plan to shut down any of these platforms,&#8221; Joe Mucheru, the minister for information, communication and technology, told Reuters. &#8220;Press freedom is one we cherish, whether it is (traditional) media or social media.&#8221;



His statement echoed that of the interior minister, Fred Matiangi, who accused the NCIC of making haphazard decisions over the weekend, and vowed that the platform will not be shut down.



&#8220;They (NCIC) should have consulted widely because they don&#8217;t have the power to shut anybody down. They don&#8217;t licence anybody,&#8221; Mucheru said.



When it issued its ultimatum, the NCIC said it was consulting with the Communication Authority of Kenya, which regulates the industry, adding that it would recommend suspension of Facebook&#8217;s operations if it does not comply.



Meta has taken &#8220;extensive steps&#8221; to weed out hate speech and inflammatory content, and it is intensifying those efforts ahead of the election, a company spokesperson told Reuters.



Mucheru agreed, adding that the platform has deleted 37,000 hate speech related posts during the electioneering period.



Supporters of the leading presidential candidates, veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and deputy president William Ruto, have used social media platforms to praise their candidates, persuade others to join them or to accuse opposing sides of various misdeeds.



Some of Kenya&#8217;s 45 tribes have targeted each other during violence in past polls, but Mucheru said this election is different and the country is enjoying peace and calm in spite of the heightened political activities.



(Reporting by Duncan Miriri; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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Kenyan ministers rally around Meta’s Facebook after watchdog’s ultimatum

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DAKAR, July 31 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Senegal President Macky Sall&#8217;s ruling coalition said on Monday it has won 30 of the country&#8217;s 46 administrative departments, giving it a slim majority parliament following Sunday&#8217;s legislative election.



Former prime minister Aminata Toure, who led the ruling coalition&#8217;s list in the legislative election announced the partial results on national television from the party&#8217;s headquarters early on Monday after Sunday&#8217;s vote.



&#8220;This gives us an unquestionable majority,&#8221; Toure said to the cheers of supporters. She did not say how many of the 165 parliamentary seats the party won.



Under Senegal&#8217;s hybrid electoral system 97 candidates who win a majority of votes in administrative departments are elected, while 53 from national lists are elected using proportional representation, and 15 are elected by Senegalese living outside the country.



Barthelemy Dias, mayor of the capital Dakar, and a leader of the main opposition coalition which has been energised by economic hardship and fears of Sall&#8217;s third term ambition, immediately disputed the results announced by Toure, warning that it was not her place to announce results of the election.



&#8220;The people will respond, and the people will come out into the streets tomorrow, and you will tell us where you got your majority,&#8221; Dias said.



The political backdrop in the country of 17.5 million, considered among West Africa&#8217;s most stable democracies, has become increasingly acrimonious, fuelled in part by Sall&#8217;s refusal to rule out breaching term limits.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2Z883G&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Violent protests erupted last year after Sall&#8217;s main opponent, Ousmane Sonko, was arrested on rape charges. Sonko, who came third in the last presidential election in 2019, denies the allegations and says they are politically motivated.



Violent protests broke out again last month after the main opposition coalition&#8217;s primary list of parliamentary candidates, which included Sonko, was disqualified on technical grounds. As a result, the coalition&#8217;s backup list &#8211; consisting mostly of relative unknowns &#8211; will be on the ballot.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2Y95X2&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



The coalition, which formed an alliance with another led by 96-year-old former President Abdoulaye Wade, is hoping to build on gains the opposition made during the January municipal election when they won control of Senegal&#8217;s major cities.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-third-term-ambition">THIRD TERM AMBITION?</h2>



Sall&#8217;s ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition is trying to conserve its majority of more than three-quarters of the parliament&#8217;s 165 seats.



&#8220;I&#8217;m confident that like in the past, voters will decide in all transparency,&#8221; Sall said after voting.



Sixty-year-old Sall swept to power in 2012 removing Wade, and was elected again in 2019. He has campaigned on big-ticket construction projects such as a high-speed train line and a conference centre, as well as oil and gas production.



His opponents have seized on growing frustrations with economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic and rising fuel and food prices.



Sall&#8217;s refusal to publicly rule out a candidacy in 2024 has stoked fears he will follow in the footsteps of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and former Guinea President Alpha Conde. Both men stood for &#8211; and won &#8211; third terms in 2020 by arguing that new constitutions had reset their two-term limits.



Senegal adopted constitutional revisions, which among other things reduced presidential terms from seven to five years, in 2016. Sall has declined to comment on his intentions for 2024.



Senegal&#8217;s opposition supporters bang pots and pans in noisy protest<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2Y95X2&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



Senegal&#8217;s ruling party loses key cities in local elections<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N2U42UL&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a>



(Writing by Aaron Ross and Bate Felix; Editing by Christina Fincher, Hugh Lawson, Andrew Cawthorne &amp; Simon Cameron-Moore)

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