The falling out between President Yoweri Museveni and his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba is dividing the first family and the state bureaucracy, as well as deepening disaffection in the...

After a narrow election win and a slim majority of MPs backing him in parliament, President William Ruto is taking no chances with his first cabinet. His team...

Widespread suspicion greeted the death of Paul Gicheru, the Kenyan lawyer who two years ago turned himself into the International Criminal Court to face charges of tampering with...

Facing growing financial pressures, President William Ruto appears to be rethinking his earlier rejection of any restructuring of Kenya's foreign debt. Public debt stands at 8.56 trillion shillings...

Ahead of the resumption of fighting in early September, both Tigrayan and federal forces had repositioned their troops as tensions rose amid the faltering peace process. This followed...

It is now clear that both the federal and Tigrayan forces used the nearly nine-month truce to quietly prepare for war. Despite maintaining a façade of commitment to...

Two-and-a-half months on from General Abdel Fattah el Burhan's announcement that he and his fellow military officers were withdrawing from the political dialogue and would leave civilian politicians...

Four days after his victory lap and inauguration on 12 September, President William Samoei Ruto flew to London for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral, and on to New...

In a mark of political self-confidence President William Ruto announced swingeing cuts to fuel and maize subsidies at his inauguration on 12 September at Nairobi's Kasarani stadium. But...

After an epic campaign against the political establishment, William Ruto will take over as President with the economy at its weakest for years and the political system at...