Africa

Nairobi: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday called for pickets and petitions against an election he boycotted last week won by President Uhuru...

Nairobi: Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta won 98 per cent of the vote in a repeat presidential election in Kenya, although only 39 per cent of voters...

Mogadishu: Somali authorities imposed a daytime ban on Monday on the movement of large trucks and road tankers inside the capital Mogadishu in an attempt to...

Koguta/Kisumu (Kenya): The body of an elderly man was discovered in a sugarcane field near a village in western Kenya on Sunday, the day after high-level...

Mogadishu: An attack on a hotel in Mogadishu ended on Sunday after 29 people were killed during a siege lasting nearly 12 hours, police said. The attack...

Mogadishu: Two car bombs killed at least 17 people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said, and extremist group Al Shabaab claimed...

Nairobi: It all started with a rumour: the Mungiki, a dreaded Kikuyu tribal militia, had infiltrated Nairobi's Kawangware slum. Within minutes, local...

Kisumu (Kenya): Kenyans who boycotted a repeat presidential election voiced relief on Saturday after authorities indefinitely delayed further attempts to...

Nairobi: Opposition leader Raila Odinga urged Kenyans to boycott Thursday's repeat presidential election, saying he would lead a campaign of civil...