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Population: 52.44m
GDP: $116.32bn
Debt: 67.55% of GDP (2024)

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Activists’ kidnapping highlights police campaign of repression

The abduction of a Tanzanian campaigner, assaulted by unknown assailants in Nairobi, reinforces concerns about a spate of extraordinary renditions

The kidnapping and subsequent release hours later of the Tanzanian political activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai in Nairobi is the latest in a chilling series of abductions involving the...

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State House under fire over kidnappings

Security agents are linked to wave of repression after national protests against tax hikes in the middle of the year

President William Ruto is under mounting pressure to halt a wave of abductions, mainly of youth activists since the nationwide Gen Z protests in June, which are widely...

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Keeping Martha Karua out of court

The Uganda Law Council’s ruling to deny a Kenyan lawyer a certificate to represent opposition leader Kizza Besigye raises concerns about political interference

The Uganda Law Council’s decision to withhold a special temporary certificate for National Rainbow Coalition–Kenya (NARC-Kenya) leader Martha Karua to practise law in Uganda, preventing her from defending...

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New alliances on shaky ground

The putative opposition is enjoying its five seats in government but is hedging its bets before committing to a formal coalition with Ruto

Even by the standards of Kenyan politics, where the bitterest political enemies in one election can become close allies at the next, the five members of Raila Odinga’s...

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No pay, no way

The Nairobi-led police peacekeeping force in Haiti faces more challenges, with reports of resignations over delayed wages and insufficient ammunition

The difficulties facing the Kenya-led police peacekeeping effort tackling gang warfare in Haiti continue to mount amid reports that around 20 of the 400 Kenyan police officers have...

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Facing calls for reform, the state hits back

A wave of murders and abductions at the hands of the police has prompted condemnation from civic activists and diplomats

Initial hopes that the mass protests in June against state corruption and police brutality would persuade President William Samoei Ruto to make the government more accountable were overblown....

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More cops will be sent but cash is needed

Ruto has pledged additional officers for the UN-backed mission to Haiti while urging the international community to do more to fund the force

Despite President William Ruto’s promise that 600 additional police officers would be deployed to the peacekeeping effort tackling gang warfare in Haiti, the mission is set to run...

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