Kenyan anti-riot police officers patrol close to the Kibera informal settlement amid protests over high food prices in March 2023 in Nairobi.
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President Ruto’s re-awakening of class identities has shifted the character of Kenya’s politics in ways even he could not have predicted.
People clash with police during a protest against planned tax hikes.
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Kenya is not an isolated case. Twenty-one countries are receiving IMF support.
A protester is enveloped in a cloud of tear gas during deadly demonstrations in Kenya on 27 June 2024.
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Reforms have failed to transform an authoritarian police force into a democratic one.
Young Kenyans drove the protests across the country.
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Kenya’s slow economic growth, large educated youth population and limited job opportunities are some of the factors that gave rise to the protests.
Protesters hold placards during a demonstration in Nairobi.
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Corruption in Kenya drains resources that could have been used for services like healthcare or education.
A Kenya police officer kicks a tear gas canister during protests in Nairobi against tax hikes on 25 June 2024.
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Kenya’s political regimes have used the police to repress opposition and sustain themselves in power.
Kenyan police officers face off with anti-tax protesters outside the Kenyan parliament building in Nairobi on 25 June 2024.
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Protests in Kenya reveal that a young, enlightened, urban population can drive a hard bargain with a state that is failing them.
Protesters have a range of grievances about the way Kenyans are being treated with apparent impunity by the state.
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Kenyans, particularly young ones, are fed up with rising prices as well as being ignored, of corruption and of the conspicuous consumption of politicians.
Kenyan police officers manhandle a protestor on June 25, 2024.
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Kenya’s police have a long history of using excessive force.
Kenya police officers surround a protester during demonstrations on 20 June 2024.
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Domestic and international laws obligate the Kenyan state to enable citizens to realise the right to peaceful assembly.
Demonstrators protest in Nairobi’s central business district.
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Kenyan activism is witnessing a shift from ethnic-based mobilisation to issue-based activism.
A building under demolition in the Mathare informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya.
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In response to flooding that destroyed homes and displaced thousands in Nairobi’s informal settlements, the government has been evicting people living in riparian areas.
Police officers take cover during a protest against insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Kenya’s deployment to Haiti would contribute towards the country’s role in enhancing global peace and security.
Kenya’s President William Ruto speaks at a climate summit in the US.
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Satire and humour have always been sites for popular engagement with the state in Kenya.
Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signing agreements in Jerusalem in 2016.
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East Africa’s reaction to the war in Gaza appears shaped by history, affinity to the policies of the west and the threat of terrorism.
People displaced by gang violence shelter at a gymnasium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in August 2023.
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The security situation in Haiti must change – but another UN intervention may not be the way this happens.
Stock prices move in response to new risks faced by investors.
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The negative investor sentiment and massive capital flight could be reversed by improved governance and accountability.
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Just over a year since he was sworn in, Ruto is no nearer to turning the Kenyan ship around.
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Regularising freer movement of people across African borders is one of the continent’s great developmental challenges.
King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, in April 2023.
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The visit will acknowledge the more painful aspects of the UK and Kenya’s colonial history.