Africa: Equality ‘Ends At the Doors of the Security Council’, Kenya’s Ruto Tells General Assembly

Africa: Equality ‘Ends At the Doors of the Security Council’, Kenya’s Ruto Tells General Assembly

Kenyan President William Ruto told the General Assembly on Wednesday that the sovereign equality the UN proclaims is contradicted by its own structures, urging Member States to reform the Security Council and an international financial system “built for another age”. Addressing the General Debate, Mr. Ruto said Kenya spoke “not from despair in this institution,…

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Africa: Ruto Challenges Post-War Global Order, Renews Call for Permanent African Voice At UN

Africa: Ruto Unveils $600m Clean Cooking Investment Opportunity, Nairobi to Host 2027 Africa Summit

Nairobi — President William Ruto has co-hosted a high-level clean cooking event with Norway on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Kenya presented a $600 million investment opportunity in clean cooking and confirmed Nairobi as the venue for the Second Africa Clean Cooking Summit in January 2027. “Clean…

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Africa: Ruto Challenges Post-War Global Order, Renews Call for Permanent African Voice At UN

Africa Must Turn Political Freedom Into Economic Freedom – Ruto

Nairobi — President William Ruto has called on African countries to move beyond the political liberation secured by previous generations and pursue economic independence through industrialisation, manufacturing and intra-African trade. Addressing leaders at the inauguration of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema for a second term in Lusaka on Tuesday, Ruto said Africa’s next historic task was…

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Africa: Ruto Challenges Post-War Global Order, Renews Call for Permanent African Voice At UN

Africa: Ruto Urges African Businesses to Prioritise Intra-Africa Trade At Kenya-South Africa Business Forum

Midrand, South Africa — President William Ruto has challenged African businesses and entrepreneurs to stop looking overseas for markets and begin trading more aggressively in Africa. The President noted that Africa’s market is increasingly becoming the next biggest frontier for trade and investment, and innovation in the world. Addressing a joint Kenya-South Africa Business Forum…

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Africa: Ruto Challenges Post-War Global Order, Renews Call for Permanent African Voice At UN

Africa: Presidents Ramaphosa, Ruto Position South Africa and Kenya As Drivers of Africa’s Global Agenda

South Africa and Kenya have rejected the notion that Africa is merely a spectator in a rapidly changing global order, with Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and William Ruto asserting that the continent is increasingly shaping global debates on governance, finance, development and peace. Responding to questions from journalists at a media briefing following their bilateral talks…

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Africa: Ruto Challenges Post-War Global Order, Renews Call for Permanent African Voice At UN

Africa: Ruto and Macron Sing a Duet in Nairobi

Did France’s first Africa summit outside the Francophonie this week reset its relations with the continent? For two decades, Paris has seemingly been trying to transition beyond Françafrique, its controversial policy of maintaining influence and interests in its former African colonies – a posture widely dubbed the epitome of neo-colonialism. France’s President Emmanuel Macron accelerated…

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