President William Ruto's allies in Mt Kenya have laid out their plan to secure at least two million votes for the president ...

It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim ...

Kanu has long championed the secession of Nigeria’s south-east region, a demand the Nigerian constitution forbids. The last ...

The paradox has sparked debate across civil society, academia, and ordinary households: who pays for our vote, and are we ...

President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the ...

Long before the Republic had a name, before flags fluttered and anthems rose, there lived a man who would one day be called Mzee Jomo Kenyatta ...

Despite handing power to his deputy William Ruto three years ago, retired President Uhuru Kenyatta is far from finished with politics. More than ever, he appears determined to influence the 2027 ...

The death of Raila Odinga on 15 October has left a void not just in Kenya’s opposition politics but in the country’s collective political memory. For more than four decades, Raila embodied defiance, ...

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The sun had barely risen on October 15 when Kenya awoke to the shocking news that its veteran leader, Raila Odinga, had died while in India at the age of 80. According to hospital officials in Kerala, ...

Raila Amollo Odinga, who has died at the age of 80, was something of a paradox in post-independence Kenyan politics. A leader who repeatedly ran for president, he never won – in part due to the 2007 ...

A supporter of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga grieves while escorting Odinga’s body, in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 16, 2025 (AP photo by Andrew Kasuku). In life, Raila Amolo Odinga was both ...