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Kenyan president bows to pressure, makes major concessions
Voice of America
FILE - Kenyan President William Ruto addresses the media during a press conference in Nairobi on June 26, 2024. Ruto on July 5, 2024, announced a series of budget cuts and reforms to replace a tax-increase measure that set off weeks of violent protests.
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday ordered significant cuts in the federal budget along with other government reforms to pay off a crushing debt burden in a move seen as a concession to popular disapproval of a tax bill that sparked violent protests.
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FILE - This photo taken on December 13, 2023, shows members of ethnic minority armed group Ta'ang National Liberation Army preparing their weapons amid clashes with Myanmar's military in Namhsan Township in Myanmar's northern Shan State. This handout photograph taken on July 6, 2024, and released by the Myanmar Military Information Team shows Myanmar's military Deputy Commander in Chief of Defense Services Soe Win, shaking hands on right, upon his arrival at Qingdao in Shandong province of China. FILE - People walk through a market in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State on June 18, 2024. Map of Lashio, Burma.