One person has been killed in confrontations between Kenyan police and supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga as tensions over the disputed presidential election continue.
Fri, 17 Nov, 2017
Uhuru Kenyatta won last week's rerun presidential election in Kenya, which was boycotted by the main opposition group, the election commission has said.
Mon, 30 Oct, 2017
Three people have been killed in protests over the repeat of the presidential election in Kenya, police said.
Thu, 26 Oct, 2017
The leader of Kenya's main opposition party has urged his supporters to boycott a rerun of the country's disputed presidential election amid rising political tensions and fears of violence.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
Kenya will hold fresh presidential elections on October 17, the electoral commission has announced.
Mon, 04 Sep, 2017
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he will not share power, days after the Supreme Court's decision to annul President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election and order a fresh election in 60 days.
Sun, 03 Sep, 2017
Kenya's Supreme Court has nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta's election win last month and called for new elections within 60 days.
Fri, 01 Sep, 2017
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has urged his supporters to skip work on Monday to protest against what he claims were rigged elections that gave victory to President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Sun, 13 Aug, 2017
In an escalation of Kenya's deadly election violence, police have fired live ammunition at rioters and used tear gas on vehicles carrying opposition officials.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has won a second term, the country's election commission said.
Fri, 11 Aug, 2017
The Kenyan election commission's database was unsuccessfully targeted by a hacking attempt, a top electoral official has said.
Thu, 10 Aug, 2017
Protesters in the Kenyan city of Kisumu say police are shooting at them and using tear gas amid anger over election results in the stronghold of opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Wed, 09 Aug, 2017
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has claimed hackers infiltrated the database of the country's election commission and manipulated the results in what he called an "attack on our democracy".
The International Criminal Court embodied the hope of bringing warlords and demagogues to
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Thu, 27 Mar, 2014
Kenyan police said a “major” assault by security forces has begun to end the two-day hostage crisis at a Nairobi mall, in which 68 people have died.
Mon, 23 Sep, 2013
Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as the Kenya’s fourth president in a stadium filled with tens of thousands of supporters and a dozen African leaders.
Tue, 09 Apr, 2013
Kenya was hit by a series of terrorist attacks today as millions waited in long queues to vote in the presidential election.
Mon, 04 Mar, 2013
Multiple attacks against security forces in Kenya have killed at least 12 people as queues built up to vote in the country’s first general election for five years.
Kenyans began casting votes today in a nationwide election seen as the country’s most important – and complicated – in its 50-year history, five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in poll-related violence.
Kenya’s internal security minister was killed with five other people in a helicopter crash near the Kenyan capital today, the vice president said.
Sun, 10 Jun, 2012
Four leading Kenyans have been ordered to stand trial at the International Criminal Court accused of planning the deadly wave of violence that followed the country's 2007 presidential election.
Mon, 23 Jan, 2012
A decision by the International Criminal Court is due today on whether six influential Kenyans - including two presidential contenders - accused of helping to orchestrate violence that killed more than 1,000 people following disputed elections in 2007 will face prosecution.
A Kenyan air strike has been blamed for killing five people at a refugee camp in southern Somalia and wounding 45 more, most of them children.
Mon, 31 Oct, 2011
THOUSANDS of Somalis fleeing drought, famine and war have started moving into a new extension of the world’s largest refugee camp in Kenya, which is increasingly concerned about bearing the brunt of the Horn of Africa crisis.
Sat, 30 Jul, 2011
AFRICAN mediators have offered Ivory Coast’s embattled leader Laurent Gbagbo incentives to stand down after disputed polls, using the threat of military action as the only alternative.
Tue, 04 Jan, 2011
SIX Kenyan leaders were yesterday accused of being behind organised violence following the country’s 2007 election that left more than 1,000 people dead.
Thu, 16 Dec, 2010
Six Kenyan leaders were today accused of being behind organised violence following the country's 2007 election that left more than 1,000 people dead.
Wed, 15 Dec, 2010
AN OFFICIAL with Kenya’s largest gay rights organisation said there is panic among members after Kenya’s prime minister said homosexuals should be arrested.
Wed, 01 Dec, 2010
An official with Kenya’s largest gay rights organisation said there is panic among its members following remarks made by Kenya’s prime minister that homosexuals should be arrested.
Tue, 30 Nov, 2010
Two explosions ripped through a park in Kenya’s capital during a packed political rally, killing five people and wounding 75.
Mon, 14 Jun, 2010
Kenya’s prime minister said that he wants former UN chief Kofi Annan to intervene in a dispute with the president that is threatening a power-sharing agreement that helped end post-election bloodshed two years ago.
Mon, 15 Feb, 2010
THERE were not nearly enough hospital beds — or body bags — after one of Kenya’s deadliest accidents in recent memory.
Mon, 02 Feb, 2009
An overturned petrol tanker exploded as hundreds of people were trying to scoop up free fuel, killing at least 111 people and wounding 200, officials in Kenya said today.
Sun, 01 Feb, 2009
New EU sanctions against Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe today increased Western pressure as his party was to begin talks with the opposition aimed at ending the country’s political stalemate.
Tue, 22 Jul, 2008
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was greeted with hugs at an African summit today, a sign that African leaders won’t shun him despite Western demands they take a tough stance over his re-election in a tainted vote.
Mon, 30 Jun, 2008
Up to five million people could go hungry in Zimbabwe next year through a steady drop in food production coupled with the world’s highest rate of inflation, the UN warned today.
Wed, 18 Jun, 2008
A Cabinet minister and an assistant minister were killed along with two other people when their small plane crashed in south-western Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki said.
Wed, 11 Jun, 2008
KENYA’S President Mwai Kibaki named political rival Raila Odinga as head of a power-sharing cabinet on Sunday, ending weeks of impasse that threatened to undermine economic recovery after a deadly post-election crisis.
Mon, 14 Apr, 2008
President Mwai Kibaki named Raila Odinga as prime minister today, implementing a long-awaited power-sharing deal that the two rivals signed more than a month ago to resolve a protracted political crisis.
Sun, 13 Apr, 2008
Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki has named rival Raila Odinga as prime minister, implementing a power-sharing deal.
Officials say Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have reached deal on a coalition Cabinet.
Sat, 12 Apr, 2008
Kenyan politicians have unanimously approved a power-sharing deal, bringing together two men whose dispute over the presidency unleashed weeks of deadly violence.
Wed, 19 Mar, 2008
Kenyan politicians were behind the violence that killed more than 1,000 people following the country’s disputed presidential election, a watchdog group declared today.
Mon, 17 Mar, 2008
Kenya’s president urged MPs today to pass the laws needed to enforce the country’s new power-sharing agreement as Parliament prepared to convene for the first time since the deal was signed.
Thu, 06 Mar, 2008
Kofi Annan was set to leave Kenya today after brokering a power-sharing deal between the country’s feuding politicians to end a bloody post-election crisis.
Sun, 02 Mar, 2008
The UN Security Council welcomed the new power-sharing agreement in Kenya and urged President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to implement it “in full and without delay”.
Sat, 01 Mar, 2008
Governments gave strong backing today to Kenya’s power-sharing agreement and promised support to help the country emerge from two months of ethnic violence sparked by a disputed presidential election.
Fri, 29 Feb, 2008
Kenya’s rival politicians have reached an agreement on a coalition government after weeks of bitter negotiations, former UN chief Kofi Annan said today.
Thu, 28 Feb, 2008
Mass protests by Kenya’s opposition were called off today under pressure from former UN chief Kofi Annan who is trying to pave the way for a permanent deal to end the country’s divisions.
Wed, 27 Feb, 2008
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