May 12
Africa: Police Tear Gas and Arrest Protesters At France-Africa Counter Summit in Nairobi
Organizers, activists, intellectuals, and international delegates were arrested in Nairobi during an anti-imperialist protest against the France-Africa Summit, which critics have… Read more »
April 27
Kenya: Kenyan Court Recriminalizes Abortion
Reproductive rights advocates warn that the ruling spells grave danger for both doctors and pregnant women, thousands of whom die of unsafe abortions every year in Kenya. Read more »
March 13
Kenya: Case Against Kenyan Communist Leader Booker Omole Already Unraveling
Withdrawing from the case, the complainant and the key witness named in the chargesheet has accused the police of fabricating charges and weaponizing the criminal justice system. Read more »
February 25
Kenya: Kenyan Communist Leader Booker Ngesa Omole Was Abducted, Tortured, and Remains Illegally Detained, Says CPM-K
The Communist Party Marxist-Kenya says its secretary general, Booker Ngesa Omole, was abducted and tortured by Kenyan security officers and is now being held at Mlolongo Police… Read more »
February 17
Kenya: An Indigenous Community in Kenya's Mukogodo Forest Faces Violence, Forced Displacement
The plight of the Yaaku Indigenous community echoes a similar script in Kenyan history wherein communities are framed as obstacles to security, conservation, or development, only… Read more »
December 01, 2025
Kenya: Kenya's High Court Rules in Favor of Smallholder Farmers and Indigenous Seeds
The landmark ruling secures farmers' right to save, share, and exchange indigenous seeds, by decriminalizing it and safeguarding traditional farming heritage. Read more »
October 06, 2025
Kenya: New 'Gang Suppression Force' to Replace Kenyan Police's Haiti Mission
The UN voted to replace Kenya's mission in Haiti with a new global gang suppression force after 15 months of Kenya's deployment, a move that exposes the weakness of the mission in… Read more »
August 12, 2025
Kenya: Kenyan MPs Condemn Gaza Atrocities, Call for Ceasefire and Recognition of Palestine
Kenyan MPs held a parliamentary debate on August 6 over the ongoing war in Gaza, with many legislators condemning the devastation inflicted on Palestinians and calling for urgent… Read more »
June 26, 2025
Kenya: 16 Killed By Police in Kenya On Anniversary of Historic Anti-Finance Bill Protests
Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets across the country on the anniversary of the Finance Bill protests. 16 protesters were killed by police. Read more »
June 19, 2025
Kenya: One Year After Historic Protests, Kenya's Youth Return to the Streets in Fresh Outrage
The recent killing of a blogger while in police custody has sparked a wave of demonstrations in Kenya as outraged citizens take to the streets to demand justice and accountability. Read more »
