At least 31 people died and more than 500 were arrested in anti-government protests across Kenya on Monday, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) said in a statement on Tuesday. Kenyan ...

Africa has a jobs crisis on the horizon. Home to the youngest, fastest-growing population on the planet, the continent is set to be home to one in four people on Earth by 2050, according to the United ...

A large metallic ring suspected to be debris from space crashed in a village in Kenya’s south on Monday, the country’s space agency said. A Kenyan Space Agency (KSA) official said the partially burnt ...

Being overworked, underpaid, and ill-treated is not what Kenyan workers had in mind when they were lured by U.S. companies with jobs in AI. Kenyan civil rights activist Nerima Wako-Ojiwa said the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Kenyan President William Ruto agreed steps to allow more skilled east African workers move to Europe, but also to facilitate quicker repatriation of migrants refused ...

A nation synonymous with distance running was given a multimillion-dollar choice: Get serious about antidoping efforts, or get banned from world sports. By Tariq Panja Reporting from Paris No country ...

Protesters in Kenya have vowed “a total shutdown” as they seize control of Nairobi’s main international airport on Tuesday as deadly anti-government demonstrations intensify, now entering their sixth ...

For weeks Kenya has been mired in unrest. Confronted with demonstrators denouncing the tax policies of William Ruto, Kenya’s president, the security forces responded ruthlessly. They have killed at ...

(Nairobi) – Kenyan security forces shot directly into crowds of protesters on June 25, 2024, including protesters who were fleeing, Human Rights Watch said today. Protests began in cities and towns ...

Research Fellow, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science A strong undercurrent driving the unprecedented anti-tax protests in Kenya is outrage over theft of ...

Kenya is currently being rocked by protests that represent a significant challenge to President William Ruto’s presidency and the resilience of Kenya’s democratic institutions. A month after President ...

Kenya, the fastest growing economy in Africa, is on the brink of a fiscal calamity. Across Africa, nations are spending more on interest than on health or education. By Patricia Cohen and Keith ...