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Protesters at a rally in Lilongwe in January gathered to denounce alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of Malawian President Peter Mutharika. Photo: Amos Gumulira/AFP

Judgments and jurisprudence: Presiding over presidential petitions in Africa

The verdicts handed down in Kenya and Malawi set a precedent that the quality of an election and the environment in which the election is held do matter and have a bearing on the…

Odinga supporters began gathering outside the court hours before his arrival, blowing whistles and waving placards reading “Electoral Justice Now!” and “We want justice now”.

Raila Odinga says he will not recognise Kenyatta win

"Kenyans are tired and will not allow to be put in a perpetual electioneering mode,"says Kenyatta

Fired up: Demonstrators in Kenya called for the removal of electoral commission officials

Kenya decides again. Maybe

If you’re confused by what’s going on in Kenya — well, you’re not the only one. Fran Blandy in Nairobi answers your questions

Actress Rosamund Pike

Violence erupts in Kenya over new election law

Kenyan police fired tear gas at protesters a day after opposition leader Raila Odinga announced his withdrawal from the election race.

Raila may also have thrown open the presidential rerun to more candidates than the two envisaged by the IEBC.

Why did Raila Odinga withdraw from the Kenyan election rerun?

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga announced that he would not stand in a court-ordered rerun of August’s presidential election.

If, on the other hand, the courts rule against holding new elections, an outcome that seems more likely, there shall be a swearing-in ceremony for Kenyatta and Kenya will go back to business as usual, we hope

​Raila Odinga: Why we pulled out of Kenya’s presidential election

The following is an extract from a statement released by Raila Odinga’s National Super Alliance on Tuesday, 10 October.

Magobo More says there are 300 philosophy lecturers in SA

Kenyatta’s rash remarks may cost him

The president’s attack on the chief justice could result in him losing votes in the rerun of the poll

Actress Rosamund Pike

Can Kenya fix its broken politics?

After the recent poll result was annulled, some are asking whether a new solution is needed for unity

Kenya’s Supreme Court President and Chief Justice David Maraga

Primacy of the law has been asserted in Kenya – but the aftermath is unpredictable

For decades, power in Kenya has lain with the government and administrative organisations that serve it. The Supreme Court may have changed that

Raila Odinga

Kenya’s Supreme Court has given an impossible deadline for the repeat election

By failing to provide details on what invalidated Kenya’s election, the country’s Supreme Court has created an impossible timeline

Early rise: Kenyan voters stand in line from the early hours of August 8 2017 for the general elections

From good to bad, and the implications of Kenya on international observation

The perception that the elections in Kenya were largely free and fair was crushed with the Supreme Court ruling yesterday.

If, on the other hand, the courts rule against holding new elections, an outcome that seems more likely, there shall be a swearing-in ceremony for Kenyatta and Kenya will go back to business as usual, we hope

Comic relief in petitions and re-election contests

Raila Odinga’s National Super Alliance will contest Kenya’s recent election results after all

There is still a long road to go as far as female representation is concerned.

Kenya elections: Three women make political history

Under the shadow of an ongoing tallying dispute in Kenya’s presidential election, three women are set to become governors.

Patson Dzamara.

Mbeki: AU has no mandate to probe ‘hacking’ claims in Kenya polls… at least for now

Mbeki hinted that the AU could get involved in investigations should the government of Kenya request it

The NPA still wants the settlement agreement between Zuma and Nxasana set aside

Tensions spike as Kenya opposition cries foul over election result

The contest between Odinga and Kenyatta is seen by pollsters as too close to call ahead of the vote.

Both Kenyatta and Odinga expressed confidence in clinching the election

Vote count begins in Kenyan polls

Initial results are expected to begin trickling in on Wednesday.

Burning issue: Opposition supporters set up a barricade in Kibera

Kenyan women live in fear of election violence

Kenyan women have raised concerns that politicians and gangs are using young people to campaign for them and to threaten their opponents.