Keria Nkumbo, a dusty trading centre on the border of Meru and Tharaka Nithi, carries within its daily struggles the unspoken truth of Kenya’s politics: When poverty hardens into a way of life, ...

Kenya illegally blocks Telegram again during KCSE exams, an unconstitutional move critics warn sets a dangerous precedent for wider state censorship.

The president’s proclamations of global leadership are undermined by debt, corruption and a personalised approach to ...

Raila Odinga’s political influence in Western Kenya spanned more than two decades, shaping the region’s alliances, leadership, and reform agenda. At one point, he even claimed lineage from the Wanga ...

For more than six decades, Kenya's politics have been shaped by an underlying framework of ethnic hegemony. At the heart of this model has been the Mount Kenya region, especially the Kikuyu political ...

Authorities in Tanzania charged hundreds of people with treason over demonstrations around disputed polls last month, in a ...