Kenyan election in facts and figures
Nairobi – Kenya goes to the polls on Tuesday in a closely fought race to elect the fifth president... Read more
6 Aug, 2022
Women facing abuse during Kenya campaign, rights groups say
Nairobi – Kenyan women have endured violence including rape, with female candidates subjected to a barrage of online abuse... Read more
6 Aug, 2022
Kenya candidates make final bid for votes as campaigning closes
Nairobi – The frontrunners for Kenya’s presidential election were set to make their final push for votes on Saturday,... Read more
6 Aug, 2022
The tricky challenges ahead for Kenya’s next leader
Nairobi – Spiralling prices, endemic corruption and a mammoth debt mountain: whoever takes the helm after Kenya’s presidential elections... Read more
5 Aug, 2022
Uhuru Kenyatta, millionaire heir and inscrutable president
Nairobi – Puppet or strategist, dilettante or power-hungry heir? After nearly 10 years in power and a mixed legacy,... Read more
5 Aug, 2022
Senegal president’s camp loses absolute majority in parliament
Dakar – Senegalese President Macky Sall’s coalition has lost its absolute majority in parliament but finished first by a... Read more
5 Aug, 2022
Kenya’s Ruto: the chicken seller turned presidential ‘hustler’
Nairobi – Kenya’s William Ruto, the sharp-suited deputy president now running for the top office, is one of the... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
‘Baba’ Odinga: Kenya’s diehard presidential hopeful
Nairobi – Raila Amolo Odinga, a veteran Kenyan political leader and one-time prime minister, has long cast himself as... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
Senegal opposition seeks delay in release of poll results
Dakar – Senegal’s opposition formally requested on Wednesday that the results of recent legislative elections be withheld until its... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
Toilets, funerals, rap: Kenya’s no-stone-unturned campaign
Nairobi – At funerals, in rap videos or even inside public toilets: Kenya’s election candidates are leaving no stone... Read more
3 Aug, 2022
