Uhuru Kenyatta – outgoing President Daniel arap Moi’s handpicked successor - conceded defeat today to veteran opposition leader Mwai Kibaki in historic Kenyan elections.

Veteran politician Mwai Kibaki and his opposition alliance have won a landslide victory in Kenyan elections, breaking the ruling party’s 39-year grip on power, according to figures from an independent body monitoring the election.

Political veteran Mwai Kibaki has taken an early lead in landmark elections in Kenya that mark the end of President Daniel arap Moi's 24-year rule.

On a day many thought they would never see, Kenyans headed to the polls today to determine who will succeed President Daniel arap Moi – the leader of the East African nation for the past 24 years and one of Africa’s few remaining “big men”.

Kenya’s main opposition alliance holds a clear lead in the run-up to December 27 general election in which it hopes to break the ruling party’s 39-year grip on power.

Two people were killed today in a car crash involving Mwai Kibaki, Kenya’s main opposition candidate in this month’s presidential election.

Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi today sacked his longtime deputy and ally George Saitoti in a growing dispute over who will succeed the despot when his term runs out in January.

AFRICA'S new political union was launched yesterday with the continent's economic powerhouse, South Africa, firmly in the driving seat.

British servicemen and women took well-earned Christmas rest from the war against terror, only to find themselves surrounded in a different ‘war zone’.

Bloody clashes in East Africa’s largest slum continued for a second day today as police struggled to control the escalating violence.