A Kenyan opposition legislator was shot dead in the capital Nairobi in what police have described as a “targeted and premeditated” crime.

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling “over the abyss” into another civil war, and to speak with one voice to support a return to peace.

Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital have clashed with an emerging pro-government group as weeks of turmoil continue.

Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president in a ceremony in the administrative capital, Pretoria.

A power blackout has hit Kenya, paralyzing large parts of the country, and the transport minister is calling for an investigation into “possible acts of sabotage and coverup” over the third nationwide outage in three months.

Police in Kenya have opened fire amid protests calling for the government of President William Ruto to lower the cost of living.

The death toll in connection with Kenya’s doomsday cult has crossed the 400 mark as detectives exhumed 12 more bodies.

Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya are urging President William Ruto to repeal a finance bill whose new taxes have sparked protests and police killings of civilians.

A police official says officers have killed at least six people during new protests in Kenya against the rising cost of living.

Police in Kenya have clashed with anti-government protesters in the capital, Nairobi.

Kenyan officials say the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area on the country’s Indian Ocean coast has risen to from 103 to 110.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has denounced the point-blank firing of a tear gas canister at local journalists during his latest anti-government protest as a “primitive act of intolerance.”.

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has led thousands of protesters in a third round of anti-government demonstrations as the interior ministry in charge of police has warned that no more violent protests will be tolerated.

Thousands of anti-government protesters marched on the streets of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Monday despite the government’s declaration that the protests are illegal.

Police in Kenya say that one person died, 31 officers were injured and more than 200 protesters were arrested in anti-government protests led by opposition leader Raila Odinga.

At least three Kenyan legislators and several protesters have been arrested in ongoing protests in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, organized by the opposition demanding the resignation of President William Ruto.

William Ruto has been sworn in as Kenya’s president after narrowly winning the Aug. 9 election in East Africa’s most stable democracy.

Kenya’s Supreme Court has unanimously rejected challenges to the official results of the presidential election and upheld Deputy President William Ruto’s win.

Kenya’s losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed a Supreme Court challenge to last week’s election result.

A visiting U.S. senator says he has encouraged Kenya’s outgoing president to participate in a “peaceful transition of power” amid the latest election crisis in East Africa’s most stable democracy.

Kenyan president-elect William Ruto says that if there’s a court challenge to the election results, “we will engage in those” as the country awaits a likely petition from losing candidate Raila Odinga.

Opposition figure Raila Odinga says he will challenge the results of Kenya’s close presidential election with “all constitutional and legal options.”.

After last-minute chaos that could foreshadow a court challenge, Kenya’s electoral commission chairman has declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the close presidential election over five-time contender Raila Odinga.

Kenya’s peaceful presidential election saw a brief disruption when riot police responded to scuffles at the national ballot tallying center amid tensions over the close results.

The head of Kenya's electoral commission says vote-tallying in the country's close presidential election isn’t moving fast enough.

Human rights groups are warning anxious Kenyans over “rising levels of false or misleading information being shared on social media” as the country awaits the results of a close presidential election.

Kenya is seeing lower voter turnout in an unusual presidential election as some voters cite little hope of change.

Voters in Kenya are choosing a successor to President Uhuru Kenyatta next week after his decade in power.

In the shadow of a thousand-dollar campaign billboard, one of many across Kenya’s capital, street vendors struggle to make even 200 shillings ($1.68) a day and often pocket none.

Kenyans are paying their last respects to former leader Mwai Kibaki in a state funeral service Friday that is attended by African leaders.

Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has died at the age of 90.