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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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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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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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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Donald Trump has made personal grievances and payback the centerpiece of his presidential run. Will this strategy work? Two experts who study democracy look at others who have used these tactics.
A scout from Kenya’s forest protection unit walks past mangrove tree stumps in Malindi.
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