There is high security presence across Kenya ahead of the Friday's expected announcement of the winner of the Presidential elections. The leading candidates are President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga.
The opposition leader in Kenya, Raila Odinga has expressed his disappointment in claims by international election observers that the Kenyan elections were conducted in a credible way.
Kenya's main opposition coalition demanded Thursday that its candidate Raila Odinga be declared president, claiming it had evidence he had won an election that has already led to angry protests over fraud claims.
International observers on Thursday praised the handling of Kenya's presidential election, with the European Union mission saying it had seen no sign of manipulation despite opposition complaints and scattered protests.
Roughly 50 teenage Somali and Ethiopian migrants were "deliberately drowned" early on Wednesday by a smuggler who forced 120 passengers into the sea off Yemen's coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
A 23 year old Kenyan has been declared winner of his constituency’s parliamentary election in the Kenya general elections. The university student who stood as an independent candidate for Igembe South was declared the newly elected MP on Thursday.
The head of South Sudan's UN mission announced on Tuesday the long-awaited arrival of troops from a regional force meant to patrol roads and quell violence in the war-ravaged country.
Some Kenyans braced long queues, others rain and chilly weather, but one woman gave birth on Tuesday while in line to vote in general elections and still made sure to vote.
