Kenya: SGR Plan Rekindles Hope for Regional Trade in Kisumu
The planned extension of the Standard Gauge Railway to Kisumu has rekindled hope for regional trade as the lakeside city consolidates its market position as one of the leading business hubs in East...
View ArticleKenya ruling brings new uncertainty to fresh election
National Super Alliance supporters holding poster of opposition leader Raila Odinga ride of a bike as they demonstrate in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2017. The protesters are demanding a change...
View ArticleKenya ruling brings new uncertainty to fresh election
Riot police fire teargas against opposition supporters during a demonstration against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. The protesters are...
View ArticleKenya Bans Protests in Large City Centers
Kenya's Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i announced Thursday that demonstrations will be banned in the central business districts of Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, while noting that peaceful...
View ArticleKenya police shoot dead 2 opposition protesters
Riot police fire teargas against opposition supporters during a demonstration against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. The protesters are...
View ArticleKenya police shoot dead 2 opposition protesters - Fri, 13 Oct 2017 PST
Police in Kenya shot and killed two opposition protesters who allegedly stormed a police station with farm tools and rocks in the western part of the country, while police used tear gas on rallies in...
View ArticleKenyan police shoot dead 3 opposition supporters
At least three people were shot dead and three others sustained gunshot wounds in Western Kenya on Friday during demonstrations to press for reforms at the electoral body. The three teenagers were shot...
View ArticleKenya police shoot dead 2 opposition protesters
Police in Kenya said Friday they shot and killed two opposition protesters who allegedly stormed a police station with farm tools and rocks in the western part of the country, while police used tear...
View ArticleKenya: Anti-Polls Body Protestors Clash With Police
Police and opposition supporters have clashed over the latter defied government ban and took their anti-IEBC demos some city centres. In Mombasa, anti-riot police were not taking chances as they...
View ArticleConditions Improving at Once-isolated Kenyan Refugee Camp, Residents Say
Residents of a Kenyan refugee complex, who said their camps lacked adequate water, shelter, health care and other necessities, say they have seen significant improvements since they aired the...
View ArticleKenya police killed 67 opposition supporters: Rights groups
Kenya police shot dead a street vendor as opposition supporters held demonstrations calling for electoral reform, a senior police official said Monday, while human rights groups said police had killed...
View ArticleKisumu Protesters Renew Pressure on Kenya's Electoral Commission
Protesters in the Kenyan city of Kisumu defied a local government ban on rallies Monday to demand reforms in the country's electoral commission. This is the fourth Monday in a row demonstrators have...
View ArticleKenya must lift protest ban and end police brutality - UN
Kenya must lift its newly-imposed ban on protests in key cities, end police brutality during demonstrations, and halt attacks on the judiciary and civil society in the tense run-up to presidential...
View ArticleKenya:Ban on Anti-Polls Body Demos in City Centres Lifted
The High Court has temporarily lifted government ban on anti-IEBC demos in the central business districts of Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. The court on Tuesday said the suspension would be in effect...
View ArticleKenya's electoral commission official resigns
Dr Akombe announced her resignation on Wednesday in a statement sent from New York, where she was based as she worked for the U before she took the IEBC job. In the statement, Dr Akombe said the...
View ArticleKenya:Mobs Disrupt Polls Training Again
Mobs have, again, attacked venues in Kisumu and Vihiga where IEBC officials were holding a training workshop ahead of the repeat presidential poll. In Kisumu, a training session at the county's Huduma...
View ArticleKenya:Police List New Poll Chaos Hotspots
Police have put in place fresh security arrangements aimed at protecting voters and election officials before and during October 26 presidential poll. Spokesman George Kinoti said due to the prevailing...
View ArticleThe Latest: Kenya protesters attack election training site
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Chairperson Wafula Chebukat, addressing media in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, on status of preparedness for the rerun of elections on Oct.26....
View ArticleThe Latest: Kenya Protesters Attack Election Training site
Protesters in western Kenya have thrown chairs and destroyed tents where a training camp was being set up for officials to prepare for this month's presidential election. The protest in the opposition...
View ArticleKenya:Risk of Sexual Violence Around Repeat Election
Human Rights Watch research confirms that, once again, there was sexual violence against women and girls during the most recent post-election violence in Kenya. I interviewed over 50 victims and...
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