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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Opposition leader Raila Odinga said Wednesday he would take his claims that Kenya’s presidential election was rigged to the Supreme Court, after previously refusing to do so, and vowed to protest peacefully. “We have now decided to move to the Supreme Court and lay before …

LIVE: Raila Odinga on NASA’s next move Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Raila Odinga has announced that the NASA Coalition will take their elections dispute to the Kenya Supreme Court. “We have now decided to move to the Supreme Court and lay before the world the making of a computer generated leadership,” he told …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya Police and revenue authority KRA officers on Wednesday morning raided the headquarters of  the Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG), a day after the interior ministry’s NGO Board ordered the shut down of the NGO. KRA and Police officers argued for hours with lawyers …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Five police officers were killed Tuesday when their patrol was ambushed by suspected Shabaab Islamists in eastern Kenya, police said, the latest in a string of similar attacks in the area. The attack occurred in Ijara, in the county of Garissa, and led to a firefight …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is expected to unveil his next move Wednesday to contest a presidential poll he claims was rigged in favour of President Uhuru Kenyatta. The 72-year-old cried foul shortly after vote counting began in last Tuesday’s election, sparking deadly protests in …

UPDATE: Kenya’s Odinga delays ‘complex’ decision on vote dispute Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga is expected to announce his strategy Wednesday for contesting his election loss, having further delayed a decision that could defuse or exacerbate tensions in the country. The 72-year-old insists he is …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  The Kenyan government has moved to shut down two rights organisations, one of which said Tuesday that it was contemplating court action over last week’s disputed presidential election. Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KHRC) board member Maina Kiai said it was “no secret” the organisation had …

 POSTPONED: Kenya’s Odinga to unveil next move over vote dispute on Wednesday  Tweets about Odinga Tweets about Raila ****** Odinga’s options, NGOs deregistered Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga will this week announce his strategy for contesting his election loss, a decision with the potential to …

VIDEO: President Uhuru asks police to exercise restraint Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Kenya’s President-Elect Uhuru Kenyatta has asked Kenya’s police force to exercise restraint as they handle election protesters. In his address outside the President’s Office , Kenyatta also urged losers of the disputed elections to use constitutional means …

Edgy Kenya awaits Odinga’s next move Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  When Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga speaks to supporters Tuesday, his words have the power to ease or deepen the crisis triggered by his rejection of last week’s election result. The 72-year-old insists he is the rightful winner of …