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On 25 June 2024, thousands of protesters stormed the Kenyan Parliament Building in Nairobi in response to the passing of the Kenya Finance Bill 2024, part of a larger series of protests against the proposed tax increases. The protest escalated when the protesters set part of the building on fire. [4] Nineteen people died in Nairobi during the ...
The torrential rains and deadly floods that have hit Kenya since March have been some of the most catastrophic in the country in recent years. In the most tragic single event, at least 48 people ...
September 18, 2024 at 4:20 PM. [AFP] The murder of Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by her former partner has reignited calls for stronger action against femicide in Kenya. The 33-year-old Ugandan ...
March. March–May – 2024 Kenya floods: At least 238 people are killed nationwide in floods. [2] 1 March – President William Ruto announces an agreement with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers in a mission approved by the United Nations to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation. [3]
One Hezbollah militant is killed. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) Two Israeli soldiers are killed and eight others are injured in Hezbollah drone and anti-tank missile attacks on the Israel–Lebanon border. (The Times of Israel) Israel–Hamas war. Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war.
Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
The Kenya Finance Bill protests, widely known by #RejectFinanceBill2024, or Gen Z protests, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Kenya against tax increases proposed by the Government of Kenya in the Finance Bill 2024. [11] Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president William Ruto reportedly rejected the Bill on 28 June ...
8 April – At least ten people are killed in Migori, when a truck loses control and crashes into pedestrians. [2] 15 April – SpaceX launches Earth observation satellite TAIFA-1, Kenya 's first operational satellite, from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket. The satellite will collect environmental data, including on ...