The Latest Breaking News from Kenya

Kenya’s Ruto offers to meet leader of opposition protests

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has accused police of using violence against demonstrators.

Al Jazeera · Jul 25, 2023

Food crisis in Africa: the high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

Global fertiliser suppliers have made incredibly high profits in 2022/23 on the back of price spikes attributed to the Russia-Ukraine war. The profits of the world’s top nine producers trebled in 2022 from two years previously.

The Conversation · Jul 25, 2023

Opposition in Kenya gathers evidence of 'police atrocities' against protesters to take to the ICC

Opposition parties in Kenya said they are filing charges of “police atrocities” that left 30 people dead at the International Criminal Court in the wake of protests against the rising cost of living and the imposition of new taxes

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

A man lies in a Kenya morgue. His family says he's one of at least 35 shot dead by police this month

The bullet was still lodged in Douglas Kalasinga’s head as he lay in the morgue

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023

Several killed in Kenya anti-government protests

Clashes in Kenya claim six more lives as police and protesters face off in the capital Nairobi, but fewer demonstrators are out on the streets than in previous days. Also, as the Women's World Cup kicks off, we head to Morocco to hear how the country's first ever participation in…

France 24 · Jul 21, 2023

Death toll rises as Kenya’s cost-of-living protests continue

Opposition leader Raila Odinga rallies his supporters to the streets where there have been clashes with armed police in Nairobi and western city of Kisumu

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023

Two Kenyans die in protests over cost-of-living and tax increases

Clashes between police and protesters resulted in two deaths in the city of Kisimu. This as Kenya enters the second day of a three-day protest called by opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 20, 2023

Kenya police are told not to report deaths during protests. A watchdog says they killed 6 this week

Police in Kenya say they have been ordered not to report deaths amid demonstrations against the rising cost of living

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Police clash with anti-government protesters in Kenya

In tonight's edition: Unrest breaks out in Kenya as protesters clash with police over the cost-of-living crisis. Also, facing an international arrest warrant, Russian President Vladimir Putin will not go to South Africa. His South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa calls it a "mutual decision". And in his first apparent public…

France 24 · Jul 20, 2023

Kenya’s opposition set for second day of tax-hike protests

The Wednesday-to-Friday demonstrations are the third round of protests that the opposition has called for this month.

Al Jazeera · Jul 20, 2023