Kenya

University of Nairobi has been closed indefinitely by the institution's Senate due to security concerns. Students have been given until 9am to leave the institution. Director of Corporate Affairs John Orindi said the decision had been arrived at due to security fears.

Before a rerun presidential election, supporters of Kenya's opposition have called for electoral officials to be sacked and demanded the ruling party is blocked from changing voting laws. In the opposition strongholds of Kisumu and Siaya, police on Monday fired tear gas at protesters who...

  Kenya is committed to stabilising Somalia, Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed has said, and asked partners to help. Amina noted the country has suffered decades of instability but that remarkable positive developments have been witnessed. She thanked those attending the High-Level Meeting including the United Kingdom,...

On the trail of police who storm a village, burn down homes, steal livestock - and murder an 80-year-old man. By :Jacob Kushner Jacob Kushner writes about refugees and migration, foreign aid and investment in Africa, the Caribbean, and Germany. By:Anthony Langat Anthony Langat is a Kenyan investigative...

by John Aglionby Polling data company says October 17 election date is ‘way too risky’ Kenya’s electoral commission is set to postpone the repeat presidential election after the company providing the electronic voter list and results transmission system said it would not be ready by October...

Kenya’s opposition coalition, National Super Alliance, is hoping to boost its numbers in the national parliament and county governments through election petitions, which affiliate parties have filed in its strongholds. According to the coalition, petitions challenging the results of 58 electoral positions have been identified...

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has called for the reform of the World Trade Organisation, the United Nations and other institutions of international cooperation to improve their legitimacy, accountability and effectiveness. Speaking during the Athens Democracy Forum in Greece, Ms Mohamed said the reforms...

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban 9 hours ago KENYA The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya insists it is going ahead with preparations for a rerun of the August 8 presidential elections despite concerns by the main opposition National Super Alliance (NASA). Even though the Supreme...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police are not cooperating with investigations by a government-funded watchdog into violent deaths that followed last month’s election, two sources with direct knowledge of the probes said. The head of the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) told Reuters in mid-August it...

By KALUME KAZUNGU More by this Author Four people have been beheaded by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in  Lamu West. A senior administrator in Hindi Division who spoke to the Nation Wednesday morning said about 30 heavily armed men in military gear raided Silini-Mashambani Village at around 6.30pm...