In July 2025, US Senator James Risch introduced a bold amendment in Congress proposing the reconsideration of Kenya’s designation as a Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA). This privileged status, awarded to a ...

An armed gang attacked the headquarters of the Kenyan Human Rights Commission on Sunday as it hosted a press conference calling for an end to state violence, an AFP journalist saw. The attack came on ...

Two human-rights activists were shot and killed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Thursday evening, leading a U.N. investigator to call for an independent investigation to prove that Kenyan police were ...

The human rights record of Kenya will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for a record fourth time. The Office of the High ...

Predicating change on capturing power makes politics a zero-sum game. Raila Odinga, the legendary Kenyan politician who ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is hosting the ...

Kenya was elected to serve a three-year term at the UNHRC, presenting it with an opportunity to contribute to the global human rights record. (Left) Haki Africa Executive Director Hussein Khalid, ...

Tanzanians will on Wednesday vote in an election that pits incumbent leader Samia Suluhu Hassan against opposition candidates ...

If I’m completely honest, I can’t recall all the twists and turns of “1984.” I probably read it in high school or maybe as an undergrad, somewhere alongside “Animal Farm.” They’re the kind of books ...

Dr Kizza Besigye, has been honoured with the Akufo-Addo Africa Democracy Award by the Democracy Union of Africa (DUA) in ...

On Feb. 18, a panel discussion was held in the Konover Auditorium titled “U.S. Democracy & Human Rights at a Crossroads.” Kathryn Libal, director of the Gladstein Human Rights Institute, was the first ...