KENYA HIKES FUEL PRICES BY 6% FOLLOWING LINGERING MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS. (PHOTO).

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 Kenya hikes fuel prices by 6% following lingering Middle East tensions Kenya raised the maximum retail prices of petrol and diesel on Wednesday, the energy regulator said, citing higher import costs linked to the conflict in the Middle East. The east African nation hiked petrol prices by 6% and diesel prices by 4.5% as it relies on the Middle East region for nearly all of its fuel supplies. A litre of diesel will cost 227.76 Kenyan shillings ($1.76) in the capital city of Nairobi, from 217.86 shillings, while kerosene will rise to 219.87 shillings from 191.38 shillings between October 15 and November 14, when new prices will be announced, TRT Afrika reported. The energy regulator said the government extended a reduction in value-added tax on fuel to 8% from 16% until January 14. Fuel prices affect multiple sectors including transport, agriculture and construction.

LIBYA RECOVERS 15 BODIES OF MIGRANTS EAST OF CAPITAL TRIPOLI. (PHOTO).


 Libya recovers 15 bodies of migrants east of capital Tripoli


The bodies of at least 15 migrants have washed ​ashore in Libya in a ‌coastal city east of the capital, Tripoli-based medics said on Monday, Reuters reported.


The Emergency ​Medicine and Support Centre, ​which operates under the health ministry, ⁠said the bodies washed up ​in Khumas city, some 118 ​km (73 miles) east of Tripoli.


The centre said all the bodies have been buried.


Pictures ​were posted by the centre ​on its Facebook page showing their medics ‌wearing ⁠white hazmat suits carrying bodies in black and white plastic bags and other pictures taken during ​the burials.


Since ​an uprising ⁠in 2011, Libya has become a North African ​transit route for hundreds ​of ⁠thousands of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty, often in sub-Saharan Africa, ⁠with ​many risking dangerous journeys ​across the desert or the Mediterranean.

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