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Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta casts his ballot inside a polling station in his hometown of Gatundu in Kiambu county, Kenya August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner


Kenya Sets Date for New Presidential Elections

Kenya Sets Date for New Presidential Elections

Nairobi- Kenya’s election commission on Monday set October 17 as the date for a new vote ordered by the Supreme Court when it canceled the results of an August poll won by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenyatta won the August 8 vote by 1.4 million votes. The court on...
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Kenyan police chase protesters in the Mathare slum in Nairobi. (AFP)


3 Killed in Kenya over Presidential Elections Result

3 Killed in Kenya over Presidential Elections Result

Opposition protests that erupted after the election victory of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta have turned violent in the African country, with three people killed on Saturday. The latest deaths mean nine people have been killed in election-related violence since...
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Supreme Court judges walk back after a break on the last day of the presidential poll petition in Kenya’s capital Nairobi March 28, 2013. REUTERS/Noor Khamis


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A supporter of Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta celebrates in the Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi March 9, 2013. Source: REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


Kenya: Jubilation for Kenyatta with Slim Majority

Kenya: Jubilation for Kenyatta with Slim Majority

Nairobi, AP—Jubilant supporters of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta filled Kenya’s streets Saturday after preliminary final results appeared to give him the slimmest of election wins, as the nation’s electoral commission prepared to officially announce...
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A cyclist moves past campaign posters of Kenya’s presidential candidate Peter Kenneth at the Kangemi slum in Kenya’s capital Nairobi February 28, 2013. (REUTERS/Siegfried Modola)


Kenyan Elections Raise Fears of Violence

Kenyan Elections Raise Fears of Violence

LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—The presidential elections due to take place this Monday in Kenya are raising fears of yet another wave of ethnic violence. A related worrying development is the formation of local armed militias supported by local political leaders. Over the...