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Raphael Tuju on Kenya elections: ‘I wouldn’t have invested any money in data mining’
Last night we reported from Kenya on the impact of data mining, fake news and the intervention of firms such as Cambridge Analytica and its parent company SCL in the contentious 2017 election there. Yesterday, we spoke to the leader of the opposition, Raila Odinga. Did dirty tricks and data harvesting play a part in…
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Kenyans bombarded with fake news in presidential election
When we investigated Cambridge Analytica, the company’s bosses boasted of helping swing last year’s presidential election in Kenya. Now we have further evidence about the fake news and attack ads targeting the opposition leader during the polarised and disputed election. We speak to opposition leader Raila Odinga.
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Ivory investigator killed at Kenya home
One of the leading investigators into the global trade in illegal ivory and rhino horn has been killed at his home in Kenya. Seventy-five–year-old Esmond Bradley Martin, a former UN special envoy for rhino conservation, was credited with exposing the true scale of trade in endangered wildlife for medicines and trinkets.
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Kenyan governors call for peace
Three days after Kenya’s re-run presidential elections, the incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to declare victory. At least six people have died in unrest surrounding Thursday’s vote – which was boycotted by opposition leader Raila Odinga.
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Fears of political unrest in Kenya amid election chaos
Kenya’s election commission is postponing voting tomorrow in some of the country’s opposition strongholds over concerns about the safety of election staff. At least six people have died in violent clashes which broke out after most of the country went to the polls yesterday in a deeply divisive repeat election. Early figures suggest only about a third of…
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Kenyan presidential election re-run goes ahead
The security was tight, the opposition absent and the turnout well down but the re-run of Kenya’s Presidential election has gone ahead. It followed the Supreme Court’s annulment of the first election in August won by President Uhuru Kenyatta because of “irregularities and illegalities”. There’ve been protests in some areas with police firing tear gas…
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Kenya’s opposition leader calls for a ‘resistance movement’ to refuse re-run of election
Kenya could be heading for political chaos tonight after the Opposition leader called for a ‘resistance movement’ to refuse to vote just hours ahead of tomorrow’s re-run of the Presidential election. Earlier, its Supreme Court had said it couldn’t rule on a petition to delay the election process because not enough judges turned up. Human…
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Kenya election re-run in jeopardy
Kenya’s presidential election re-run , due in eight-days-time, is in trouble. The head of the election commission has said it is “difficult to guarantee a free, fair and credible election” after an official fled the country saying she feared for the safety of polling staff. The August election, in which President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the…
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Kenya election annulment ‘very significant moment for people across world’
Maina Kiai, a lawyer and human rights activist who co-founded the Kenya Human Rights Commission, and Comfort Ero, International Crisis Group’s Africa Programme Director, discuss the Kenyan presidential elections.
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Kenya presidential election annulled
It’s never happened before – a presidential election in Africa annulled by the courts. Today the Kenyan Supreme Court ruled that last month’s tense, but largely peaceful, presidential election has to be held again.
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At least 24 killed in post-election Kenya
At least 24 people have been killed in post-election violence in Kenya – the opposition claim that number is much higher.
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Kenyans line up to vote for a new president
Millions of Kenyans have gone to the polls today to vote for a new president, many lining up before dawn. In this closely fought general election the incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta is facing a strong challenge from another son of a political dynasty – Raila Odinga. It was a campaign dominated by issues like corruption,…
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Fears of violence ahead of Kenya’s election
The polls could hardly be tighter. A wafer thin margin divides Kenya’s incumbent president and the man he defeated last time. And with so much at stake – there are fears of widespread violence after Tuesday’s election. Just this week a top election official was murdered – and there are allegations on both sides of…
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Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Al-Shabaab bus attack
Muslim passengers refused to distinguish themselves from the Christians, despite the demands of militants.
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Obama praises Africa’s prospects during Kenya ‘homecoming’
US President Barack Obama says Africa is “on the move” as he makes the first presidential visit to Kenya, his father’s homeland.
