One year on: Has Kenya’s opposition lost its way without Raila Odinga?
Odinga’s legacy faces a test as ODM splits over its alliance with President Ruto.
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Odinga’s legacy faces a test as ODM splits over its alliance with President Ruto.
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New cases in eastern DRC and a fatal imported infection in Kenya highlight the challenges of containing Ebola.
Preliminary lab results ease fears of a second case in Kenya, after the country reported its first-ever case this week.
According to the WHO, the Kenyan patient first got sick in the DRC, where they had been living, and was treated there.

Kenya’s government has intensified Ebola preparedness efforts amid growing concern over lapses in border screening.
More than 4,000 people have died in the worst outbreak in the DR Congo’s history, with confirmed cases surpassing 8,300.

The first imported case of Ebola has been recorded in Kenya.
The multi-vehicle crash occurred in the Salama area, 90km southeast of Nairobi, killing mostly Catholic pilgrims.
Kenyan survivors are challenging the UK military over decades of alleged abuses — and the immunity that has shielded it.

The filmmaker taking on Kenya’s colonised tea plantations
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have less than nine months to prepare for AFCON 2027.