This Week in Pictures
ABC News photo editors chose the best news images of the week for this collection. People demonstrate, Oct. 16, 2017, in Kisumu, Kenya to demand the removal of officials from the country's national...
View ArticleKenya:Kenyatta Talks Tough as He Lead Heroes Day Celebrations
On this day, Kenyans used to celebrate heroes who fought for their independence from Britain but has since been expanded to recognise individuals who have made outstanding contribution to the country...
View ArticleKenya must lift protest ban and end pattern of police brutality ahead of...
GENEVA: 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...
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Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga of the opposition National Super Alliance coalition delivers a speech to supporters during their political rally in Odinga's stronghold Kisumu, western part of...
View ArticleThe Latest: Kenya protesters attack election training site
In this Aug. 11, 2017, photo, Kenyan electoral official Roselyn Akombe, center right, stands as President Uhuru Kenyatta, third from left, receives his electoral win certificate, later nullified, from...
View ArticleKenya:4 Killed, 7 Arrested in Post-Polls Protest - Police
Four people died, 10 police officers were injured and seven others were arrested in demonstrations called by opposition Nasa between October 2 and October 16, police have said. Police spokesman George...
View ArticleKenya court lifts government-imposed protest ban
The recent protests were organized by National Super Alliance , the political coalition that currently stands in opposition to the ruling Jubilee Party [party websites]. After many of the protests...
View ArticleKenya:Chief Prosecutor Orders Arrest of Odinga's Sister Over Mob Attack
The country's chief prosecutor has ordered "immediate prosecution" of former Kisumu Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga and sitting Senator Fred Outa over mob attacks on IEBC staff. Mr Keriako Tobiko, the...
View ArticleKenya Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd. Liquid Telecom and KETRACO...
Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has today announced a 10-year partnership with Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited to operate KETRACO's...
View ArticleKenya:Anti-Polls Body Protests Kick Off in Kisumu
Opposition supporters are back in the streets to push for electoral reforms even after National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga called for postponement of repeat presidential poll. Nasa leaders...
View ArticleKenya police disperse demonstrators as Odinga tempers poll protest call
NAIROBI: Kenyan police used bullets and teargas on Tuesday to disperse a small demonstration in Nairobi two days before elections, as the main opposition leader appeared to row back from a call for his...
View ArticleKenya's vocal priest dies after carjacking incident
A Kenyan Catholic priest died on Monday night after he was found unconscious near a sugar plantation in Kisumu East. Father Evans Juma Odour, the Presiding Priest of Nyabondo Parish in Nyakach, was...
View ArticleKenya's do-over election should be postponed
Supporters of National Super Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga barricade roads and burn tires as they demonstrate in the streets on Tuesday in Kisumu, Kenya. Maina Kiai is a human rights...
View ArticleKenya:Kisumu Hotel Bed Occupancy Sinks Below 20% Over Political Anxiety
Kenya Association of Hotel Keepers and Caterers CEO Mike Macharia says Kisumu has had a bed occupancy of below 20 percent. Macharia says Nairobi and Mombasa hotels have also been hit, attributing the...
View ArticleChaos unfolding in Kenya as absent judges fail to delay rerun vote
President Uhuru Kenyatta, who won the annulled election, wants Thursday's vote to go ahead but the opposition has called on loyalists to boycott, claiming it will be neither free nor fair Kenya plunged...
View ArticleProtests Continue in Western Kenya Day Before Election
The re-run of Kenya's presidential election has inflamed political tensions in the country. Nowhere has that been more evident than in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu, where protests against the...
View ArticleKenya:As the Nation Prepares to Vote...
It is the eve of the much-anticipated October 26 poll and hopes of a successful, peace and credible poll are slim. National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga has made a U-turn on his earlier call for...
View ArticleSee Wednesday's top photos and viral videos from around the country and the...
Bombed-out buildings are seen as government troops board trucks in what was the main battle area in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on October 25, 2017, days after the military declared the...
View ArticleKenya Holds New Presidential Election Amid Call for Boycott
Some polling stations in Kenyan opposition areas did not open on Thursday after the start of Kenya's second presidential election since August, reflecting the main opposition leader's call for his...
View ArticleKenyan police, protesters clash during disputed election
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is vowing to turn his political coalition into a "resistance movement" and is urging... . Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga addresses his supporters during a...
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