Tag: Kenya

For Kenyans, 2022 brings hope and fear (Patrick Gathara, Al Jazeera)

As in the rest of the world, 2021 has not been the best of years for democracy in Africa. It has seen the return...

Kenyan opposition leader Odinga announces fifth bid for president (Al Jazeera)

Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has announced he would make his fifth bid for Kenya’s presidency in next year’s election, ending months of suspense...

‘We will all die’: In Kenya, prolonged drought takes heavy toll (Virginia Pietromarchi, Al Jazeera)

As if in a macabre parade, cattle carcasses line the two sides of the dusty road leading into Biyamadow, a sleepy village in northern...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at Bilateral Strategic Dialogue with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo (US Department of State)

FOREIGN SECRETARY OMAMO:  Well, may I begin by just extending to you again another warm welcome to Kenya.  We are so delighted to host you...

Blinken Visits Kenya to Discuss Partnership, Regional Issues (VoA)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Kenya Wednesday to discuss "the partnership" between the two countries and to address regional issues such as...

Visit of Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Feltman to Ethiopia and Kenya (US Department of State)

Special Envoy Jeffrey Feltman is currently in Ethiopia to underscore the United States’ grave concern with the escalation of the conflict and the risk...

Kenya to convert oil plants to LNG in climate-friendly grid push (David Herbling, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Kenya plans to retire or convert heavy fuel oil-fired power plants to use liquefied natural gas by 2030 as the nation pursues a cleaner...

Biden to meet Kenyan president as US weighs sanctions on Ethiopia (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden is set to meet Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta as war and a humanitarian crisis roil neighbouring Ethiopia. The meeting on Thursday...

Top UN court sides with Somalia in sea border dispute with Kenya (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations’ top court has awarded Somalia control of most of a potentially oil- and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean after a bitter...

Kenya’s cynical offensive against the ICJ (Patrick Gathara, Al Jazeera)

When he was first elected in 2013, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, along with his running mate, William Ruto, was awaiting prosecution at the International Criminal Court....

Kenya rejects UN jurisdiction ahead of Somalia border ruling (Al Jazeera)

Kenya has said it rejected the jurisdiction of the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ahead of a ruling next week on its...

Flash Appeal launched as 2.5 million face ‘dire situation’ in Kenya (UN News)

World Bank/Flore de Préneuf. A person searches for water at a dry riverbed in eastern Kenya. Two and half million people are already experiencing deep food...

Kenya – Is the BBI ruling a sign of judicial independence in Kenya? (Brookings)

John Mukum Mbaku On May 23, 2021, a special five-judge bench sitting at the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi declared unanimously that the Constitution...

Kenya – Unlocking constraints to industries without smokestacks to catalyze job creation for youth in Kenya (Brookings)

Adan Shibia, Eldah Onsomu, and Boaz Munga write: Unlike in much of the developed world, the promise of manufacturing to spur economic growth and jobs in...

(Kenya/Al Shabab) The Kenyans robbed of their families by al-Shabab (Al Jazeera)

 Osman Osman writes for Al Jazeera: Amina* sits close to the edge of her modest home in Garissa, a county in northern Kenya bordering Somalia....

Kenya – Investigate Deportation of Turkish National (HRW)

Kenyan authorities should investigate the alleged abduction and eventual deportation of Selahaddin Gülen to Turkey despite a Kenyan court order prohibiting his deportation, Human Rights...