In Kenya, beleaguered President William Ruto appointed four members of the main opposition party to a new Cabinet and announced new anti-corruption measures as he attempts to quell a nationwide anti-government uprising. Earlier this month, Ruto dismissed his previous Cabinet amid the mounting protests, which were triggered by proposed tax hikes.

The brutal crackdown on protests has killed some 50 people, with hundreds of others injured. Young activists in Kenya say they will continue to protest to remove Ruto.

Wanjira Wanjiru: “Everyone is coming together to bring whatever it is they can contribute to the liberation struggle to take this country forward. The president is doing everything in his capability to take this country backwards. … Kenya has become a police state. The police can even come to your residential areas with tear gas and guns and water cannons, that young people are abducted in their homes, that I have to keep looking over my shoulders just in case someone is coming to abduct me.”

Protests inspired by the uprising in Kenya have now taken place in Uganda and are being planned in Nigeria.