List of Kenya articles
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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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odinga-crop 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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CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 18: A Donald Trump supporter poses with a gun while attending a rally for Trump on the first day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) on July 18, 2016 in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in downtown Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The convention runs through July 21. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) 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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A Somali trader takes khat, a mild narcotic drug meant for exports to Somalia, out of bags, 21 June 2003 at the small Wilson airport in Nairobi. Kenya has imposed a ban on all flights from the country into war-wracked neighboring Somalia, sources at Nairobi Airport's control tower said 21 June. Kenya has in the past accused Somalia, which has not had a recognised government since dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown in January 1991, of being responsible for the infiltration of arms into the country. AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images) 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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PINGTANG, CHINA - MAY 07: (CHINA OUT) Aerial view of the construction site of a Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) on May 7, 2016 in Pingtang County, Guizhou Province of China. The dish-like telescope, as large as 30 football fields, will be completed in September 2016. 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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ATHENS - AUGUST 24: Gold medalist Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya, silver medalist Brimin Kipruto of Kenya (R) and bronze medalist Paul Kipsiele Koech of Kenya celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony of the 3,000 metre steeplechase medal ceremony on August 24, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in the Sports Complex in Athens, Greece.. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images) 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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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 29: (L-R) Andrew Osagie of England, Joe Thomas of Wales, Ferguson Rotich of Kenya and Jeffrey Riseley of Australia sprint to the finish in the Men's 800 metres heats at Hampden Park during day six of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on July 29, 2014 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) 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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Hundreds of Kenyan lawyers march down a street in Nairobi on July 6, 2016 to protest against the extrajudicial killings of three men including a rights lawyer by Kenyan police. The bodies of lawyer Willie Kimani -- who had criticised police abuse -- as well as his client Josephat Mwenda and driver Joseph Muiruri were found Friday wrapped in sacks and dumped in a river. / AFP / TONY KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images) Lessons From Kenya
The international community should challenge police abuse and fight corruption.
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GettyImages-164615002 crop 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.
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GettyImages-545323552 Netanyahu: No, I Was Not Almost Assassinated in Kenya
The Israeli prime minister claims to know nothing at all about reports he was almost assassinated in Kenya.
