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Thousands of #Kenyan healthcare workers face layoffs after President Trump froze US aid, affecting 35,000 jobs under PEPFAR.

These are the affected staff:
1,952 doctors
1,234 nurses
578 lab staff
340 pharmacists
24,577 community health workers.

From Nairobi to Berlin: Borders and the trade in “surplus workers”

new text on the #German #Kenyan agreement on #migration by Hanno Brankamp and Andrew Maina on the @nwff blog

"...we argue that agreements of this sort typically prioritise, first and foremost, the needs of states and capital rather than the autonomous desires, ambitions, and life projects of migrants themselves."

fluchtforschung.net/from-nairo

@migrationresearch @ulrikekrause @joelglasman #migration #refugees

fluchtforschung.netFrom Nairobi to Berlin: Borders and the trade in "surplus workers" – Netzwerk Fluchtforschung

“It will improve Kenya's export sector. I just bought some #Kenyan #avocados from a supermarket here in #Malaysia. Much cheaper than those imported from #Australia.” 🚆🥑

A comment that stood out watching: “Kenya’s $3.8 Billion Chinese-Built Railway Shows Why Belt and Road Is Being Reworked”

#WSJ / #rail / #Kenya / #BeltAndRoad / #China / #investment <youtube.com/watch?v=3ALqdqoTYS>

The search for safer and geographically advantageous launch sites has turned global attention toward #Africa 🌍. It’s proximity to the equator brings with it a “slingshot effect” for rockets, helping satellites reach geostationary transfer orbit with less fuel and #costs. #Djibouti’s 🇩🇯 #spaceport is expected to take five years to complete. Engineers from a couple of #Kenyan 🇰🇪 universities concluded that building a spaceport was “highly feasible” atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/afri

Atlantic Council · Could the United States’ future liftoffs take place in Africa?By working together on expanding the roster of rocket launch sites available to the United States, Washington and its African partners can set a global standard for responsible space exploration.