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Kenya’s Haitian bind
Haiti last held elections in 2016 and has been without an elected president since Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021
Kenya’s fragile government loses justice minister
Kenya’s fragile coalition government lost its first minister on Monday, a day after talks to heal rifts within the alliance collapsed in acrimony.
Tens of thousands of Kenyans still afraid to go home
Tens of thousands of Kenyans have chosen to live in camps and rely on humanitarian aid rather than return home.
Kenyan post-poll coalition wobbles over amnesty
Kenya’s prime minister openly dissented with the president on Tuesday in a row over amnesty for post-election crimes. President Mwai Kibaki’s government and Prime Minister Raila…
Kenyan leader unveils power-sharing Cabinet
Kenya’s president unveiled a power-sharing government on Sunday, with opposition leader Raila Odinga as Prime Minister, aimed at ending a long-running political crisis sparked by…
Kenya’s Kibaki, Odinga reach Cabinet deal
Kenya President Mwai Kibaki and would-be prime minister Raila Odinga on Saturday reached a coalition government agreement and a new Cabinet will be announced on Sunday, political…
Kenyan leaders urged to end stalemate
Pressure mounted on Thursday on Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and prime minister-designate Raila Odinga to resume coalition talks amid warnings that a delay was fomenting…
Kenyan leaders under pressure to resume talks
Kenyan leaders were on Wednesday under pressure to resume talks on forming a coalition government in a bid to end a devastating political crisis, a day after hundreds…
Kenya opposition halts talks, protests flare
Kenya’s opposition suspended talks with President Mwai Kibaki’s party on Tuesday and police fired tear gas to scatter opposition supporters protesting at deepening deadlock over…
Kenya delays new Cabinet announcement
The announcement of Kenya’s new coalition Cabinet has been delayed indefinitely over disagreements on its composition, both sides said on Saturday. "The widely expected…
Kenyans say jumbo Cabinet a colossal waste
Kenyan papers and political watchdogs on Friday criticised the size of a coalition Cabinet announced a day earlier, saying 40 ministers were a colossal waste of money in a…
Kenya’s political deadlock deepens
Kenya’s opposition on Wednesday accused the government of trying to spoil a power-sharing deal by seeking to vet new Cabinet ministers. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition chief…
Kenya power-sharing hits deadlock over Cabinet
Kenya’s political rivals traded accusations on Thursday over who is to blame for the deadlock in plans to create a unity government and end the country’s post-election crisis.…
Deaths mount in Kenya over cattle theft
Seventeen people were killed in Kenya’s Rift Valley region over the past 36 hours, where cattle theft has fanned tribal animosity, bringing the toll to 25 in three days, police…
Kenya Parliament to speed peace deal through
Kenya’s new Parliament sought on Tuesday to speed up legislation ratifying a fragile power-sharing deal intended to guarantee the peace after a post-election crisis that killed…