Kenya: Odinga Leads in Election - Or Does He?

The Kenyan government published figures on the web Saturday showing that President Mwai Kibaki had taken a narrow lead in the Kenyan presidential elections. Read more »

Kenya: Early Results Give Raila Odinga Lead

Kenyan newspapers and television stations are reporting that opposition candidate Raila Odinga has opened up a significant lead over President Mwai Kibaki. Read more »

Kenya: How Votes Are Counted

Kenyan blogger Daudi Were gives a step-by-step account of how the votes have been counted after Thursday's election in Kenya. Read more »

Kenya: How the World is Reporting Elections

News agencies have reported that Kenyans lined up for miles to participate in this year's election, and the BBC has estimated turnout to be about 70 percent, which is far higher… Read more »

Kenya: 24 Hour News Radio - Election 2007

Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi. Read more »

Kenya: Kibera Displays Her Maturity - Election 2007

Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi.  Read more »

Kenya: Voting Experience - Election 2007

Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi. In this entry, he describes the scene at polling stations in the city. Read more »

Kenya: The Country Decides - Election 2007

Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi. Read more »

Kenya: Kibaki Leads in Exit Poll

The Institution for Education for Democracy (IED), a non-governmental organization in Kenya, reports that according to its exit poll, President Mwai Kibaki won 47.4 percent of the… Read more »

Kenya: Foreign Press Out in Force at Polls

Journalists working for news organizations based outside Africa were up early at Kenya's polling stations on Thursday. allAfrica editor Brian Kennedy reviews their coverage on the… Read more »

Kenya: Western Media Focus on 'Media-Savvy' Election

allAfrica editor Brian Kennedy picks out some of the best American and British reporting on this week’s elections.  (Free registration may be required to read original… Read more »

Africa: Kenya, Ghana Are Top Business Reformers

Kenya and Ghana are among the world's top 10 business reformers, and Mauritius is Africa's easiest place to do business, according to a new report from the World Bank… Read more »

Kenya: Politics Still 'Extremely Tribal,' Says Analyst

Kenya's national elections are less than five months away, and the traditional political maneuvering is heating up. President Mwai Kibaki is reported to have entered into a… Read more »

Kenya: Introducing Kenge Kenge

Kenge Kenge are a group of Luo musicians from Kenya that perform both popular Luo music styles as well as the region's popular benga music. They in fact transform traditional… Read more »

Kenya: Contact Numbers for Inquiries on Flight KQ 507

AllAfrica's publishing partners in Nairobi have published telephone numbers for members of the public seeking information about the flight. Read more »

Kenya: HIV Center Running Out of Space

The Coptic Mission in Africa has operated the Coptic Hope Center, a comprehensive HIV health facility, in Nairobi since 2004. The facility, which has been very successful in… Read more »

Kenya: Odinga Says Now is the Time for Change

Kenyan Member of Parliament Raila Odinga is a leading contender for the nomination of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement of Kenya (ODM-Kenya) for this December's… Read more »

Africa: Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female Sex Practices in Africa

This book is a compilation of articles on the experiences of lesbian women in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. The stories were born out of the… Read more »

Africa: Future Lies With 'Community-Based Tourism' Says Kenyan Official

"Community-based tourism is opening up a new era," Dr. Dan Kagagi, CEO of Kenya's Tourism Trust Fund, told reporters Tuesday at the TourismAfrica 2006 meeting underway in… Read more »

Africa: At Least 9 Africans Missing, 8 Injured in London Attacks

Updated: July 14, 2005 9:34 AM Read more »

Kenya: Playwright Tries His Hand at the Novel Format

Before The Rooster Crows. Peter Kimani. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 2002. 174 pp. $16.95, cloth. African Books Collective. Read more »

Africa: Nobel Laureate Archbishop Tutu Welcomes Peace Prize for Maathai

Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has warmly welcomed the award of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to environmentalist Wangari Maathai. He also supported the Nobel committee's… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Presses Economic Reforms, Seeks Agoa Extension

Since the election at the end of 2002 of Mwai Kibaki as president of Kenya, replacing Daniel Arap Moi, the new government has embarked on an ambitious program of reform that has… Read more »

Africa: The Nile River: Building or Stumbling Block?

The Nile River, long a trans-border artery linking 10 African countries, has become a major challenge for the nations that share its waters. The distribution of Nile waters has… Read more »

Sudan: Powell to Kenya for Sudan Peace talks

Secretary of State Colin Powell will arrive in Kenya Tuesday to push for conclusion of peace talks on the Sudan underway in the Kenyan town of Naivasha. Powell will make the… Read more »