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Kenya's Odinga Defies Calls To Concede, Urging Supporters To Boycott

9:26pm August 13, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Opposition leader Raila Odinga continues to reject results that handed President Uhuru Kenyatta re-election. "There is no work until Tuesday, when we will announce the next step," Odinga said Sunday.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (center) shakes hands with supporters after casting his vote in the city of Gatundu on Tuesday.

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It's Official: Kenyan President Wins Re-Election. But Will Opposition Concede?

5:49pm August 11, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The final results announced Friday gave Uhuru Kenyatta a clear win. Yet for days, challenger Raila Odinga has protested what he calls fraud, despite the election's blessing by international observers.

A man seeking safety walks with his hands in the air through a thick cloud of tear gas toward riot police, as they clash with protesters throwing rocks in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday.

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Tensions Grow In Kenya As Results Awaited In Presidential Poll

8:18pm August 10, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The election commission has acknowledged that there was an attempt to hack the voting system on poll day but says that it failed. The opposition claims otherwise.

Education

Discovery Of Ancient Skull Sheds Light On Ape Ancestry

4:52pm August 09, 2017

by Keri Brown

Researchers say they've found a 13 million-year-old fossil in the Turkana Basin of northern Kenya that sheds new light on the evolution of apes.

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A Kenyan Samburu warrior casts his ballot at a polling station in Nkirish, in the Eastern Province, during general elections on Tuesday. Kenyans began voting in general elections headlined by a too-close-to-call battle between incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and

After Campaign Full Of Drama, Kenyans Head To Polls

4:22pm August 08, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

Kenyans are choosing between their current president Uhuru Kenyatta and the perennial opposition figure Raila Odinga in what is likely the last breath of a rivalry born at independence

Christopher Msando, an elections official crucial to running Kenya's presidential vote next week, was found tortured and killed, officials said Monday.

Kenyan Election Official Found Dead Ahead Of Presidential Vote

9:40pm July 31, 2017

by Amy Held

Christopher Msando was found tortured and killed, say elections officials, about a week before Kenya's presidential election.

As the drought has extended into yet another rainy season, some herders walk for hours to get to this dam.

As The Climate Changes, Kenyan Herders Find Centuries-Old Way Of Life In Danger

8:47pm July 23, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

Nomadic herders in Kenya's northwest are having to move farther afield as sustained drought fundamentally changes the landscape. The result: no grasses for their herds.

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A scene from Lies That Bind, one of Kenya's most successful homegrown soap operas. Its creator was inspired by the Mexican telenovelas she watched as a kid.

Why East Africa Is Hooked On Telenovelas

5:43pm June 05, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

Both Latin American and homegrown telenovelas are booming in East Africa. It's a trend that reveals kinship between long-suffering countries an ocean apart.

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A standard gauge rail locomotive carrying Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta pulls into the railway station in the city of Voi on Wednesday, during an inaugural ride on the railway from Mombasa to Nairobi.

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Kenyans Cheer Opening Of Mombasa-Nairobi Railway

6:12pm May 31, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

The line was financed with more than $3 billion borrowed from the Chinese government. A Chinese company built it, and a Chinese company will operate it for the first five years.

Students placed their desks across the road, blocking morning rush hour traffic.

Why Are Kids Sitting At Their Desks In The Middle Of The Road?

2:25pm May 16, 2017

by Marc Silver

It all started when a school was demolished — for reasons not entirely clear — over the weekend in Nairobi.