Raila Odinga, the enduring face of Kenya's fight for democracy and a towering figure in African politics, has died in India at age 80, leaving a nation to mourn one of its most influential leaders.

On July 15, Kenyan President William Ruto accused the U.S. non-governmental organization, Ford Foundation, which provides grants to human rights, press freedom, and anti-corruption initiatives and ...

The death of Raila Odinga, Kenya’s most enduring opposition leader and one of Africa’s most recognisable political figures, closes one of the longest and most turbulent chapters in Kenya’s political ...

The ranking by the Global State of Democracy report byInternational IDEA adds to a growing body of research pointing to pressureon civic freedoms, political participation and accountability. Kenya ...

Lawmakers in Kenya have proposed changes to the law that governs political parties to make it easier for the ruling party to poach members of the opposition. Under the proposal fronted for debate by ...

The sun had barely risen on October 15 when Kenya awoke to the shocking news that its veteran leader, Raila Odinga, had died while in India at the age of 80. According to hospital officials in Kerala, ...

Is Kenya poised for an economic takeoff? Or is the prospect more hype than reality? It’s a question I wrestled with during a recent, too-brief trip to the country where I lived in the 1990s. President ...

Opposition leaders led by Kalonzo Musyoka, Rigathi Gachagua (DCP), Eugene Wamalwa (DAP-K), mithika Linturi among others address locals in Sultan Hamud and Emali in Makueni county on Thursday.[Courtesy ...

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame has won a landslide victory in the presidential elections held on July 15. His Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) party also emerged victorious in the legislative vote, retaining its ...

Join us for a conversation with David Maraga, former Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya and a candidate in Kenya’s 2027 presidential election. Hear directly from one of Kenya’s ...