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ODINGA: The system has failed. This is basically the computer that is voting. Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s main opposition candidate Raila Odinga said on Wednesday that he rejected the preliminary results of Tuesday’s presidential election, which show President Uhuru Kenyatta with a substantial lead. With more than 11 …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s opposition coalition rejected the preliminary results of the presidential election on Wednesday, calling them “fake” and disputing tallies that showed President Uhuru Kenyatta well on his way to being re-elected. The allegation by Kenyatta’s main challenger Raila Odinga set the stage for a protracted …

#ElectionsKE: Kenyans to vote in tight, tense elections Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenyans vote Tuesday in general elections headlined by a too-close-to-call battle between incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga, sparking fears of violence in east Africa’s richest economy. Tensions soared in the last days of the …

 ANALYSIS: What will decide the Kenyan election? | A dose of faith, tribe and hard cash Nairobi, Kenya | JOSEPH WANDERA | After accepting his nomination as the presidential candidate of the main opposition coalition; the National Super Alliance (NASA), Raila Odinga likened himself to Joshua, the biblical figure who led the Jews to the …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s main opposition coalition said Friday that one of its offices in a Nairobi suburb was raided by police who made off with dozens of computers, servers and surveillance equipment. The incident comes as the country is on a knife edge just days ahead of …

Devolution has demystified local power and emboldened voters to assert themselves, leading to shocks all the way up the political pyramid Nairobi, Kenya | AFRICAN ARGUMENTS |  Kenya’s 2017 elections are set to be the country’s most interesting yet. The political landscape has shifted, and whatever else these elections turn out to be …

THIS WEEK: Kenyatta warns rivals on use of courts to delay elections As Aug.08 when Kenya goes to the polls fast approaches, presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta who is vying for a second term of office has expressed reservations on the judiciary. Speaking during a rally in western Kenya, Kenyatta who …

NASA, April: A relatively large near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will fly safely past Earth on April 19 at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers), or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon. Although there is no possibility for the asteroid …

Exoplanets 101: Looking for life beyond our Solar System Paris, France | AFP | Researchers announced Wednesday the stunning discovery of seven Earth-like planets orbiting a small star in our galaxy, opening up the most promising hunting ground so far for life beyond the Solar System. All seven roughly match …

Miami, United States | AFP | John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, but for a solid hour of that journey, NASA feared he was about to die in a blazing fireball. In fact, all of the original crew of astronauts, known as the Mercury …