A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court says Kenya’s 2007 post-poll violence was not spontaneous but carefully planned by two ex-ministers.
Kenya’s elite would subvert any local tribunal that attempted to try post-election violence suspects, says the country’s ‘Iron Lady’, Martha Karua.
The UN has ordered more troops to Côte d’Ivoire as African leaders admitted they had failed to get Laurent Gbagbo to hand over power.
Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo will no longer accept Raila Odinga as mediator in his election row with Alassane Ouattara because he is biased.
West African nations want to resolve Côte d’Ivoire’s crisis peacefully, but a threat to use force remains valid if Laurent Gbagbo does not step down.
Africa’s mediator in Côte d’Ivoire’s leadership crisis flew to Abidjan on Monday, armed with a new offer to get Laurent Gbagbo to step down.
Kenya’s industrialisation minister said he has resigned his post over a car imports scandal.
African mediators flew in to Côte d’Ivoire on Monday in their bid to get President Laurent Gbagbo to stand down following disputed polls.
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/ 8 December 2010
The <i>M&G’s</i> <b>Chris Roper</b> explores African despots and the Red Bull Soundclash. Yes, they do go together.
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/ 6 December 2010
Gay rights activists in Kenya have condemned their prime minister for saying that anyone engaging in homosexual activities should be arrested.
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/ 2 December 2010
Kenyan Prime Minister said on Thursday that gay people have rights and denied having called for all homosexuals in the country to be arrested.
Kenyan premier Raila Odinga is responding well to treatment after a head operation, a doctor said on Wednesday.
Two explosions ripped through a rally against a proposed new constitution for Kenya being held in Nairobi on Sunday, killing at least five people.
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/ 23 February 2010
Kenya’s feuding leaders met on Tuesday for the first time since their public clash over the sacking of ministers.
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/ 17 February 2010
About 10 000 Kenyans displaced two years ago by post-electoral violence were on Wednesday marching from the Rift Valley to Nairobi.
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/ 16 February 2010
Kenya police said on Tuesday they were beefing up security in the country’s western region, fearing protests against Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
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/ 15 February 2010
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki reinstates ministers who had been suspended over fraud investigations by his Prime Minister, Raila Odinga.
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/ 11 November 2009
Kenyan leaders have split with the ICC, leaving the court to find alternative ways to pursue the perpetrators of 2007’s post-electoral violence.
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/ 6 November 2009
ICC may look into murders of 1 133 people after Kibaki and Odinga shy away from establishing local court.
Kenya’s fragile coalition government lost its first minister on Monday, a day after talks to heal rifts within the alliance collapsed in acrimony.
Two human rights campaigners were shot dead in Nairobi just hours after a government spokesperson accused their organisation of being a front.
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/ 16 February 2009
A UN official began investigations on Monday into alleged brutality by Kenyan security forces, including accusations of summary executions by police.
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/ 13 January 2009
Tens of thousands of Kenyans have chosen to live in camps and rely on humanitarian aid rather than return home.
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/ 8 December 2008
Foreign troops should prepare to intervene in Zimbabwe to end a worsening humanitarian crisis, the Kenyan prime minister said on Sunday.
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/ 10 October 2008
Kenya’s Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, on Thursday blasted African leaders’ fear of criticising each other.
This whole year a new virus has been spreading to countries where elections are taking place. It is called "Doing a Kibaki".
We trust them, because in our schoolbooks, in our newspapers, in all media, more space is dedicated to their ideas and lives than to anything else.
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/ 2 September 2008
The spouses of Kenya’s vice-president and prime minister will be paid R44 800 a month for showcasing the "nation’s family values.
Olympic sensation Pamela Jelimo and footballer Dennis Oliech are two of Kenya’s hottest celebrities –so where are the T-shirts?
Kenya on Thursday commemorated the 10th anniversary of explosions that tore through Washington’s missions in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
It is time to effect change through constructive enterprise
Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s party won three parliamentary seats on Thursday after by-elections that went peacefully.