Kenya

Examples from around the world show that restrictions can actually lead to more, not fewer, abortions.

In a show of judicial independence, the court declared President Uhuru Kenyatta’s proposed political reforms unconstitutional.

An early declaration of the election result from a partisan network—on the left or right—could trigger violence in the United States.

Drought has disrupted the traditional way of life for pastoralists, pushing many women into business for the first time.

The president doesn’t have a clear chosen successor, and the unsolved killing of an election official shows that the country could be caught in another cycle of violence.

The handover of municipal services to military officers makes clear how the president wants to wield power.

With frustration rising over haphazard responses to the coronavirus, community networks are filling the void across the continent.

Hungary was the first democratic victim of the coronavirus. It may not be the last.

The expulsion of Africans from their homes in southern China is causing a diplomatic storm.

Informal workers propped up the country’s economy—until they were suddenly struggling to survive.

The coronavirus arrived late to the continent, but the early responses could backfire.

“You really have to go back to decades ago in the U.S., to Dust Bowl days, to understand just how devastating this can be.”

The prime minister’s vision of a “Global Britain” after Brexit will only succeed if he abandons imperial nostalgia in favor of practical investment in the continent’s fast-growing economies.

Beijing’s infrastructure projects may grab headlines, but its efforts to shape the media are more dangerous.

As China pushes clean energy policies at home, it is exporting its high-pollution coal industry to pristine places like Kenya’s Lamu Island—with Nairobi’s seal of approval. Local residents fear it will destroy the environment they depend on.

Judges declined to overturn colonial-era laws criminalizing same-sex relationships. Human Rights Watch’s Neela Ghoshal says it’s a setback with regional repercussions.