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Scuffles at Kenya election count centre after presidential poll

Kenya’s peaceful presidential election saw a brief disruption when riot police responded to scuffles at the national tallying centre amid tensions over the close results. An agent for long-time opposition leader and candidate Raila Odinga announced ...

14 Aug 2022 at 11:28

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Kenya’s deputy president Ruto declared election winner

Deputy president William Ruto has been declared the winner of the close Kenyan presidential election over five-time contender Raila Odinga. It is a triumph for the man who shook up politics by appealing to struggling Kenyans on economic terms and ...

15 Aug 2022 at 17:42

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Kenya presidential vote loser files Supreme Court challenge

Kenya’s losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed a Supreme Court challenge to last week’s election result. He claims the process was marked by criminal subversion and wants the outcome to be nullified and a new vote ordered. Mr ...

22 Aug 2022 at 15:00

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Voting under way in Kenya’s presidential election

Voting is under way in Kenya’s presidential election, where an opposition leader backed by the outgoing premier faces the deputy president who styles himself as the outsider and a “hustler”. The election is considered close and East ...

09 Aug 2022 at 12:39

World

Kenya’s close presidential election draws fewer voters

Fewer Kenyans voted on Tuesday in an unusual presidential election where a long-time opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the deputy president who styles himself as the outsider. Turnout was just 56% an ...

09 Aug 2022 at 18:37

World

US buying large shipment of Ukrainian grain for food aid

The United States is to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war. The final destinations for the grain are not confirmed ...

20 Aug 2022 at 12:04

World

UN humanitarian official wants attention on drought in Kenya

A top United Nations humanitarian official has raised concern about people going hungry in a remote part of northern Kenya – joining calls for the international community to commit more resources to address the wider region’s ...

13 May 2022 at 16:55

World

Former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki dies aged 90

Former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki has died at the age of 90. Mr Kibaki’s death was announced on Friday by President Uhuru Kenyatta. “Mwai Kibaki will forever be remembered as a gentleman in Kenyan politics, a brilliant ...

22 Apr 2022 at 12:25

Original punk Chris Bailey of The Saints dies aged 65

Chris Bailey, a child of Irish parents who founded seminal Australian punk band The Saints, has died aged 65. The news was revealed in a post by the band which referred to their debut song (I’m) Stranded, an ...

11 Apr 2022 at 03:55

Travel

Why sharpening photography skills on safari is the mental reset we all need in 2022

Lying belly down on the grass, I slowly creep forwards on my elbows. The sun has already disappeared, wiped out by heavy rainclouds and the thick, suffocating cloak of night. All that remains of day is a ...

05 Jan 2022 at 10:55

World

Kenyan paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey dies at 77

Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. The cause of death was not ...

02 Jan 2022 at 20:25

World

William Ruto sworn in as Kenya’s president after close vote

William Ruto has been sworn in as Kenya’s president. Mr Ruto narrowly won the August 9 election in East Africa’s most stable democracy over longtime opposition figure Raila Odinga. The Kenyan ...

13 Sept 2022 at 12:16

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