Towards the end of the 17th century, Kumale Lemontaka, a moran from the Purko clan, relocated from his home in Laikipia and settled in Kiambu. As a sign of assimilation into the host Kikuyu community, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As gunfire and screams rang out in her Nairobi neighborhood after last month's disputed presidential election, Lucy Anyango stepped outdoors and across a tense ethnic divide. The ...

ELDORET, Kenya — Young men from rival ethnic groups hunted one another Saturday through the streets of the nearby western Kenyan town of Kericho, burning houses and blocking roads a day after the ...

Kenya’s Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka appears to be gradually strategising and consolidating political support ahead of his bid for the presidency. This follows the recent incorporation of his ...

* Analysts say too soon after post-election violence * Fears leaders might use results to balkanize regions * Move to turn districts into constituencies questioned By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura NAIROBI, ...

Amanda B. Edgell is affiliated with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute. Narrelle Gilchrist and Sebastian Elischer do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

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NAIROBI, Jan. 30 -- The top U.S. diplomat for Africa said Wednesday that the post-election violence in Kenya amounted to "ethnic cleansing" and that both President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader ...