A scout from Kenya’s forest protection unit walks past mangrove tree stumps in Malindi.
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The Kenyan state has historically viewed forests in terms of production and economic development – not biodiversity and conservation.
Protesters in Kisumu confront police officers after Kenya’s disputed 2017 elections.
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Kenya’s inability to move past ethnic ideology has made it difficult to develop alternative bases for political organisation.
Kenya’s first president Jomo Kenyatta waves at a crowd.
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Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Daniel arap Moi set the tone for ethnic and authoritarian politics which Kenya has wrestled to free itself from in recent decades.
Kenya has over 18.2 million children and youth in educational institutions.
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Kenya’s budgetary allocation misses opportunities to improve basic education and address unemployment.
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Intelligence reports offer information that can avert threats to national security or promote national interests.
Supporters at the launch of the Jubilee Party manifesto in Nairobi, Kenya, in June 2017.
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The fluidity of the country’s short-lived coalitions is a major cause of instability in Kenya.
A demonstrator at Queer Republic protests in Nairobi, Kenya.
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A backlash against progress in gender and sexual rights is common.
South Sudanese soldiers prepare for deployment to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The region’s forces are seen as important in addressing the long-running conflict in the DRC – but their involvement is complicated.
Activists agitate for equal rights for all in Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2020.
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The criminalisation of same-sex sexual relations among consenting adults in Kenya worsens social disparities and inequalities.
Journalists take cover during March 2023 protests in Kenya.
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There is a growing public wariness about the performance of the media, which are increasingly accused of being partisan.
Protesters face off with an anti-riot police officer in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2023.
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Political protests in Kenya have become insular, sectarian, tribal and unashamedly personality driven.
There are fears that Kenya’s debt has been funding mostly government salaries.
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William Ruto is determined to reduce public debt by collecting more taxes to pay for what the country needs.
William Ruto (right) takes over from Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya’s president in 2022.
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Kenya’s electoral agency is tasked with enhancing and supporting constitutional democracy – any dysfunctions would have dire consequences.
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Kenya faces the challenge of delivering quality education without discriminating against learners based on social or economic background.
Motorcycle taxis queue for fuel in Nairobi in April amid shortages.
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With Uhuru Kenyatta leaving office to make way for a new leader, it was always going to be an eventful year for Kenya.
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Ignoring local realities risks excluding children from learning.
A Kenyan judicial nominee to the East African Court of Justice, Charles Nyachae, is sworn in before a summit of regional leaders in Kampala in 2018.
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The East African Court of Justice has been a keen promoter of the rule of law, democracy and human rights.
President William Ruto inspects a guard of honour in Nairobi, Kenya in September 2022.
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The purpose of term limits is to minimise corruption and open the government to new ideas that could solve national problems.
Kenyans protest against extrajudicial killings in Nairobi’s Mathare area on 13 April 2022.
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To move towards justice and peace, Kenya must disband all police units implicated in unlawful violence and punish criminal officers.
An Egyptian worker gathers the crop at a maize field, the country’s first harvest of genetically modified maize in 2008.
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Kenya’s GMO policy about-turn was underpinned by improved safeguards on top of a commitment to review each new application on a case-by-case basis.