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Shortly after Kenya’s 2022 elections, the shilling depreciated rapidly against the US dollar – the country’s main currency for international transactions – fuelling a wave of political discontent.

Two members of the Kenya Army in ceremonial uniform place a portrait of Kenya's opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the final day of funeral proceedings in Bondo on Oct. 19 ...

MWINGI, Kenya — Esther Kangali felt a sharp pain while on her mother’s farm in eastern Kenya. She looked down and saw a large snake coiling around her left leg. She screamed, and her mother came ...

PARIS — On the eve of the biggest race of her life, 21-year-old Lornah Kiplagat left home with only spare change in her pocket. She journeyed more than six hours on a crowded bus, storefronts and ...

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Once a beacon of solidarity for independence movements across the African continent, Kenya now finds itself entangled in an alliance that threatens to erode its historical moral authority. Under ...

Kenya is in the middle of its worst drought in 40 years. In the parched north of the country, rivers are running dry and millions of livestock have perished due to lack of food. Around 4.4 million ...