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Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga surge towards the stage at his final electoral campaign rally in Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: AP)

Kenya gears up to high-stakes elections

The men belong to two of the country's main ethnic groups, Kenyatta from the Kikuyu, the largest, and Odinga the Luo.

6 Aug 2017 7:46 AM IST

Armed Kenyan police to disperse protesters in the Kibera slum in Nairobi on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

Kenya on edge over election fraud claims spark deadly protests

A senior police official told on condition of anonymity that eight bodies from Nairobi's slums had arrived at the city...

13 Aug 2017 8:47 AM IST

An electoral counting officer, center, counts votes while others hold the piles of ballots counted for each candidate, at a polling station in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: AP)

Kenya waits to hear final results of already disputed vote

The National Super Alliance (NASA) opposition coalition on Thursday demanded that its candidate Raila Odinga be declared...

11 Aug 2017 2:34 PM IST

An electoral counting officer, center, counts votes while others hold the piles of ballots counted for each candidate, at a polling station in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: AP)

Kenya opposition cries foul over poll results as Prez Kenyatta surges...

The contested election in 2013 was taken to the courts, and ended largely peacefully even though Odinga lost.

9 Aug 2017 12:39 PM IST

Kenyans line up to vote in Bissil, 120 kms. (75 miles) south of Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyans are going to the polls to vote in a general election after a tightly-fought presidential race between incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta and main opposition leader Raila Odinga. (Photo: AP)

Kenya goes to poll in presidential elections

Voters formed long lines at many polling stations waiting for the chance to cast ballots in the tightly contested race...

8 Aug 2017 10:36 AM IST