List of Kenya articles
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Supporters of Kenya's opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) leader, Raila Odinga celebrate in the streets of Mathare slum in Nairobi on Sepetember 1, 2017. x Kenya's Supreme Court ordered a new presidential election after annulling the results of last month's poll in a shock decision in favour of the opposition. Joyous celebrations erupted outside the court and in Nairobi slums after the second term victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared "invalid, null and void". / AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images) In Unprecedented Reversal, Kenya’s Top Court Throws Out Election Result
International observers were quick to endorse the results of last month's presidential election. Now they're facing uncomfortable questions.
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A protesting resident pushes a tyre - past a sign on the road calling for peace in Swahili - to add to a burning barricade on a road in Kibera Slum in Nairobi on August 9, 2017, as he takes part with others in protests in the Raila Odinga-led opposition alliance National Super Alliance (NASA) stronhhold in the Kenyan capital following the announcement of national election results. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight as burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum as ballots from 94 percent of polling stations counted showed Kenyatta leading with 54.4 percent of the over 14 million ballots tallied against Odinga's 44.7 percent. / AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images) Opposition Claims Kenya’s Election Was Hacked, Fueling Fears of Unrest
Preliminary results show incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta winning easily. But the opposition has rejected the results, raising the specter of post-election violence.
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A woman is surrounded by riot police during disturbances in the Dandora district of Nairobi 14 April, 2008. At least 14 people were killed in Kenya when police clashed with members of a banned sect who went on the rampage and burned many vehicles after the murder of the wife of their jailed leader. Police said five people were killed in Nairobi, five in the Rift Valley and four in central Kenya regions, where members of the outlawed Mungiki sect were blocking roads and stoning motorists. AFP PHOTO / Stringer (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Kenyan Women Just Fought One of the Most Violent Campaigns in History
More women are running for office than ever before in the East African country, but the backlash has been fierce and bloody.
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A man watches a campaign ad that was unleashed on the internet this week in Kenya just weeks before national elections, on July 13, 2017, in Nairobi. The 90 second video, shot in moody monochrome, presented a dystopia in which Raila Odinga, Kenya's leading opposition candidate, won the August 8 vote and plunged the nation into a violent and inept dictatorship, setting tribes against one another while terrorists run riot. "Stop Raila Save Kenya. The Future of Kenya is in Your Hands," the video concluded. / AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images) Texts, Lies, and Videotape
Will fake news sow chaos during Kenya's election? Or will voters roll their eyes and change the channel?
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final_1tristan_kenya_1 Gunfight at the K.C. Corral
Why the Kenyan government won’t do anything to stop attacks on cattle ranchers, including the last remaining white "Kenyan cowboys.”
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school crop Students in Kenya Block Streets With Desks to Protest Their School’s Demolition
They're not letting class be dismissed without a fight.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Kenyan Leader Can Bond With Trump Over Claims of ‘Millions’ of Fraudulent Votes
But Raila Odinga seems to have better luck than The Donald in convincing skeptics he was wronged.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Kenyans Who Survived Post-Election Violence, U.S. Race Feels Like Déjà Vu
Donald Trump says he may not accept the results of Tuesday’s vote. Kenyans know what that looks like – and it’s not pretty.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Much Does It Cost for Somalia to Ban Khat for a Week? Millions.
During a brief ban on khat trade in Somalia, Kenyan farmers lost millions of dollars.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Innovations: Can China’s Super-Sensitive New Telescope Talk to E.T.?
Plus, a sub that stays dry, a B2-inspired battery, and a DNA scanner that catches poachers red-handed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kenya’s Cheapskate Olympic Committee Strands its Team in Rio
The Kenyan Olympic Committee organized a disastrous appearance at the Rio games.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kenyan Sprint Coach Used Athlete’s Badge for Free Breakfast, Then Took Doping Test for Him.
This Kenyan coach borrowed his athlete's ID to get free breakfast, then took a doping test for him too.
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DADAAB, KENYA - JULY 21: Newly arrived Somalian refugees settle on the edge of the Dagahaley refugee camp which makes up part of the giant Dadaab refugee settlement on July 21, 2011 in Dadaab, Kenya. The refugee camp at Dadaab, located close to the Kenyan border with Somalia, was originally designed in the early 1990s to accommodate 90,000 people but the UN estimates over four times as many reside there. The ongoing civil war in Somalia and the worst drought to affect the Horn of Africa in six decades has resulted in an estimated 12 million people whose lives are threatened. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Is Invited to Please Shut Down
The Kenyan government says it will clear its country of Somali refugees before the end of this year. But it's not saying how.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lessons From Kenya
The international community should challenge police abuse and fight corruption.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Kenya Cleaned Up Its Courts
A new constitution gave judicial reformers an opportunity to earn back the people’s trust. Here’s what they did with it.
