NAIROBI: KENYA is projected to face heightened political instability and civil unrest this year, even as fears of economic instability begin to ease. A new global security report warns that the ...

Kenya’s former Prime Minister and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80. Widely regarded as one of the country’s most influential political figures, Odinga shaped Kenya’s ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya, died on Wednesday in India, where he was traveling when he suffered a heart attack. While he never became president of his East ...

The body of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga who had been receiving treatment in India when he died, arrives at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2025.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged one-party rule, rattled authorities and gave him outsized ...

In this episode of Africa in Transition, I speak with Vincent Makori, host of Africa 54, Voice of America’s daily African news show. We discuss the current state of Kenya’s politics, focusing on Uhuru ...

On Friday, February 13, Kenyan newspapers prominently featured the escalating crisis in the ODM Party following the NEC's decision to oust Edwin Sifuna as SG.

Throughout the summer of 2024, thousands of young Kenyans gathered in central Nairobi, chanting ‘Ruto must go!’ and waving placards declaring ‘We are not your cash cows’. What began as a TikTok trend ...

For the first time in the region’s history, Mount Kenya, with more than six million voters, will not go into one voting basket with the people united behind a single presidential candidate when Kenya ...

Kenya's former prime minister and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80. Widely regarded as one of the country's most influential political figures, Odinga shaped Kenya's ...