Kenya has held a state funeral for revered opposition leader Raila Odinga, a day after security forces killed several people after opening fire to disperse crowds of mourners at a stadium hosting a ...

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga died of a heart attack on Wednesday. [FILE: AP Photo/Ben Curtis] Kenyans are wont to refer to Raila Odinga, the long-reigning 80-year-old opposition leader who ...

The coffin carrying the remains of former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga arrives for his state funeral at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku) ...

Justin Willis has previously received funding from the ESRC and the UK government for research on Kenyan politics Gabrielle Lynch has previously received funding from the ESRC and the UK government ...

The Treasury has proposed amendments to the insurance law that would compel local insurers to cede a larger portion of their reinsurance business to Kenya Reinsurance Corporation (Kenya Re), raising ...

Raila Odinga, former Prime Minister of Kenya, passed away on Wednesday morning in Koothattukulam, Kerala, after suffering a massive heart attack during his morning walk. He was 80. Odinga, who was in ...

Kenya is at a pivotal juncture in shaping its future economic relationship with the United States. With the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) extended by only one year and ongoing plans for a ...

Thousands paid their respects at a stadium in Nairobi. President William Ruto said the spirit of Mr. Odinga, who died at 80, “lives within every Kenyan and every African.” By Matthew Mpoke Bigg ...

Two people died and dozens were injured in a stampede at the state funeral of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday as crowds rushed to see his coffin, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said.

The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were discovered ...

The death of Raila Odinga, Kenya’s most enduring opposition leader and one of Africa’s most recognisable political figures, closes one of the longest and most turbulent chapters in Kenya’s political ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns rattled authorities and gave him an outsized influence on political life ...