
Kenya's truth report: Killings, land grabs, graft
Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among ...

Kenya celebrates new president; daggers for West
Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding president, ascended to the country's top office Tuesday during a jubilant celebration that began a new era ...

Anxiety ahead of Supreme Court judgment in Kenya
Kenya is on edge awaiting the Supreme Court decision Saturday on whether it will uphold or invalidate the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president, a ...

Online war erupts in Kenya after peaceful vote
Tribal lines are being drawn over who won Kenya's presidential election. But unlike the bloody violence that scarred the country five years ago, this ...

Election dispute big test for Kenya's top judge
Confidence was so low in Kenya's courts after its 2007 election that people preferred to settle their disputes with machetes and bows and arrows.

Cover-up of Kenyan vote rigging, Odinga team says
Officials from the party of Kenya's prime minister said Monday they are not getting the co-operation they need from Kenya's electoral commission to ...

International court case aided Kenyan candidate
The charges Uhuru Kenyatta faces at the International Criminal Court would have crippled a U.S. or European politician. Instead, the accusations that ...

Kenyan church moves past painful election history
The Rev. Joshua Kimuyu pointed where his church floor is broken and black, a scar from an attack five years old. More than 200 young men armed with ...

Kenya vote winner gets 50.07 pct; loser challenges
Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding father, was named the winner of the country's presidential election on Saturday with 50.07 percent of the ...

Kenya final vote total: Kenyatta has 50.03 pct
Kenya's election commission posted complete results early Saturday showing that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta prevailed in the country's ...

Kenya: Candidate wants tallying halt in close race
Kenya's presidential race tightened late Thursday as new results pushed the leading candidate below the crucial 50 percent mark needed to win outright

Kenya media self-censoring to reduce vote tension
It's the biggest news of the year in Kenya: A presidential election with huge potential for violence. Why then are the headlines so boring, the TV ...

Kenya: Runoff seems likely after ballot decision
A slow ballot count in Kenya's presidential vote raised questions Tuesday about the election process, but it was a decision involving hundreds of ...

Long wait in Kenya vote; 19 dead in Mombasa
Kenya's presidential election drew millions of eager voters who endured long lines to cast ballots Monday, but the vote was marred by violence that ...

Violent start in Kenyan election; police killed
Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans on Monday began casting votes in a nationwide election seen ...

Contentious quotes upend Kenya presidential vote
Kenya's top two presidential candidates held their final rallies before large and raucous crowds Saturday, a day of political attacks and denials ...

Kenya's police are key for peaceful vote on Monday
One of Kenya's most vilified institutions — its police force — will be in the spotlight next week during its efforts to prevent the same type of ...

Kenya prepares for watershed elections
The toll of more than 1,000 dead after Kenya's last election makes Monday's presidential vote the most important in the country's 50-year history.

Threats of violence in Kenyan slums color election
Dozens of shack homes have been burned to the ground in recent weeks in Mathare, Nairobi's most dangerous slum. Families are moving into zones ...

Victims of Kenya's last election still in limbo
Alex Ndungu is the latest victim of the harsh mountain winds that blow through the rows of straw huts in Gwa Kungu, a village where those displaced ...

Former UN chief says violence could mar Kenya vote
The former head of the U.N. — the man who helped save Kenya from spiraling deeper into election violence five years ago — warned Saturday that ...

Kenyan government sued for police brutality
The Kenyan government is being sued for police brutality in the violence following the 2007 election. The lawsuit comes as Kenya prepares for a new ...

Kenya holds 1st presidential debate
Three weeks before they go to the polls, millions of Kenyans watched and listened to the nation's first-ever presidential debate, with the two ...
Obama to Kenya: Reject violence during election
Wading gently into the politics of his father's homeland, United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Kenya to reject violence in next ...