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Jun 2024
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Kenya: Why have some proposed taxes been...

Bbc World Service
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Kenya's government has bowed to public pressure and scrapped plans to introduce new taxes on items like bread and motor vehicles. Why were Kenyans so angry with the tax increments?

Ethiopia one of sub-Saharan Africa's major economies, opens up its banking sector to foreign investors. What will it mean for the country?

And why is Sierra Leone considering updating its child protection laws?

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