US State Department revises visa policy for #Nigeria, limiting most non-immigrant visas to 3-month validity.
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US bombed Iranian nuclear sites, putting Washington directly in confrontation with the Tehran.

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#Morocco says #Kenya has backed its 'autonomy plan' on Western Sahara. Interesting. Both Foreign ministers didn't speak of it in their respective statements, however, after a meeting today.

#Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi to visit Nairobi this week. Officials say trip is a familiarisation tour in the Horn, having visited Djibouti earlier last week. Somaliland is also a contentious issue in #Somalia, having declared unilateral independence without recognition.

Of poetry in prose:
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NEW: #Qatar Emir intervenes to broker ceasefire between #DRCongon and #Rwanda. Two sides to continue talks for lasting peace in eastern #Congo

#SouthSudan: Regional bloc, #IGAD to convene the extraordinary (virtual) Summit of Heads of State and Government on Wednesday. Meeting to address the "evolving situation in South Sudan", coming after clashes in Upper Nile.
IGAD mediated the 2018 peace deal that created a powerharing govt under Kiir.

#Sudan's military government terms it "an act of hostility," #Kenya's hosting of #RSF leaders to negotiate a parallel government.
"(Sudan) affirms that it will take all necessary measures to redress the balance," MFA spox.

#DRCongo: Congolese clerics are in Kenya where they met president #Ruto,having also met #Kagame, and #Tshisekedi, and #M23_AFC leaders, pushing for talks.
It is a strategy that puts Kinshasa in a bind: Dialogue is controversial, yet possible window to avert M23 steamroll.

Kenya's losing streak on international stage:
•AU Commission Chairperson (2025)
•Headquaters of Loss-and-Damage Hub
•SG of the International Maritime Organization
•Headquaters of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
•WTO Director-General
•AU Commission Chairperson (2017)

#Kenya's candidature failure at #AUC was a sign on the wall, a crack that masons didn't want to repair. They waited it to collapse. A perception disasterclass home and away, it has come to pass. Some will say jinx, but this was a compendium of bad candidate, and bad campaigners.

Google has renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in its Maps application for users in the U.S. People located in Mexico will still see the name Gulf of Mexico, while international users will see both names, the company said. The change follows an executive order from President Trump.

• #Africa's annual loss to plunder, and money taken to foreign countries: $50 billion.
•Africa's #aid receipt since 1960: $1.3 trillion
African countries should demand their money back, not beg.

Important decision on #DRCongo crisis: Leaders of EAC and SADC have agreed to merge Luanda and Nairobi processes of mediation. Means M23 and government of Congo will have to meet face to face.

The Washington Post’s editorial cartoonist quits after editors spike cartoon mocking tech billionaires (including WashPost owner Jeff Bezos) for sucking up to Trump

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