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KENYAN FUEL STRIKE PAUSES AFTER DEATHS AND SHUTDOWN

Transport strike over fuel prices kills four, disrupts economy across region.

A Kenyan transport strike triggered by rising fuel prices—tied to Middle East conflict—killed at least four people before pausing. The mass shutdown caused major economic disruption and signals potential for wider unrest across Africa. Fuel costs tied to global conflicts directly harm working people on the continent.

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Economy

MICROSOFT-G42 KENYA DATA CENTER STALLS OVER POWER DEMANDS

$1 billion East Africa project delayed as Kenya cannot guarantee capacity purchases.

Microsoft's $1 billion data center partnership with G42 in Kenya has frozen because the Kenyan government cannot commit to the annual capacity purchases Microsoft demands. The impasse reveals how global tech giants impose impossible conditions on African nations seeking digital infrastructure. Kenya's inability to guarantee consumption reflects the structural inequality built into these deals.

Economy

DANGOTE EYES KENYA FOR 650,000 BARREL REFINERY

Africa's richest man looks at Mombasa for massive East Africa oil facility.

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is planning a 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Kenya, with Mombasa as his preferred location. Dangote's expansion into East Africa represents African capital consolidating continental energy infrastructure. This project will reshape regional petrochemical power and reinforce Nigeria's economic dominance across Africa.

Economy

EAST AFRICA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST USED CLOTHING IMPORTS

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania work to curb secondhand garment dumping from West and China.

Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania are moving to restrict imports of used clothing that flood their markets from Western nations and China. These imports devastate local textile industries and manufacturing. The fight for trade sovereignty challenges the neo-colonial extraction of African markets.

Justice

LIBYAN MILITIA COMMANDER FACES ICC TORTURE CHARGES

Prosecution marks landmark accountability for abuses against African migrants.

A Libyan militia commander accused of torturing refugees attempting to flee Africa for Europe appeared at the International Criminal Court. The prosecution represents a rare moment of justice for the systematic abuse migrants endure in Libya's detention centers. Years of African bodies discarded in the Mediterranean finally demands someone be held accountable.

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