Kenyan president facing election defeat
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Kenya's opposition leader takes a strong early lead as voters turn on political old guard
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Kenya on Wednesday pledged tougher action to rein in post-election violence that threatens to spiral out of control, in the east African nation's darkest moment since independence in 1963.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama appealed to Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga to work toward resolving a crisis over the country's elections that has led to as many as 600 deaths.
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Clashes over land that have killed hundreds of people and other deadly violence are endangering next week's general election, which is shaping up to be the closest in Kenya's history, officials said Friday.
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After a disputed election in Kenya, ethnic violence is threatening to engulf the country, formerly one of the most stable in Africa.
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Two heavyweights of Kenya's post-independence politics square off in a presidential vote on Thursday that has overshadowed Christmas and seen the opposition hold a small lead in opinion polls during the campaign.
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OTHAYA, Kenya  - With a political career as old as his nation, President Mwai Kibaki faces a verdict on his progress leading east Africa's biggest economy and efforts to fix years of corruption at his final election battle this month.
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Kenyans will vote on December 27 in what is shaping up to be a tight race pitting President Mwai Kibaki against opposition firebrand and current poll leader Raila Odinga for leadership of east Africa's biggest economy.
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Kenya's opposition claimed victory on Saturday in the presidential election but fears of rigging after counting delays ignited ethnic violence across the east African nation.
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Kenyans voted on Thursday in presidential and parliamentary polls preceded by violence and soured by delays and charges from the main opposition challenger that the government was plotting to rig the result.
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Two heavyweights of Kenya's post-independence politics square off in a presidential vote on Thursday whose run-up has seen the opposition hold a small lead in opinion polls over President Mwai Kibaki.
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Kenya's opposition claimed victory on Saturday in a presidential vote after official figures gave their candidate a four percentage point lead over President Mwai Kibaki on three-quarters of the count.
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Kenya opposition challenger Raila Odinga's lead sharply narrowed over President Mwai Kibaki to just 38,000 votes on Saturday, latest official election figures showed.
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Kenya's state-run broadcaster is accused of bias in favour of President Mwai Kibaki in its election coverage.
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Kenya's opposition defeated the government in a crucial vote during the opening parliamentary session yesterday but the joy was tempered when former UN secretary general Kofi Annan postponed his attempt to end the political crisis and unrest in the country
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President Mwai Kibaki beat opposition rival Raila Odinga by a narrow margin to win re-election in Kenya's closest ever vote, the head of the country's electoral commission (ECK) said on Sunday.
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The corruption-tainted president is still favored to win reelection, but his failure to gain a majority on the first round has shaken him