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Raila Odinga: the Kenyan statesman who championed competitive politics and accountability

Raila Amolo Odinga, who died on 15 October 2025, aged 80, ran five times for the Kenyan presidency but didn’t win. Yet he became a statesman of enormous influence, whose political and humanitarian achievements surpassed those of many African heads of state. He will be remembered as one of the…

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The politics of milk: how a simple drink got caught up in power, culture and identity

Milk is one of the most familiar things in the world – comforting, wholesome, ordinary. But beneath this common perception lies something far more complicated.

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Ancient elephant migration routes are being blocked off – can anything stop the rising death toll?

Human-wildlife conflict has now overtaken poaching as a cause of fatalities – and is deadly for people too. Some villages are finding new ways to live alongside them

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Why Kate Middleton Was Rendered “Speechless” and in “Total Shock” by Prince William’s Proposal, According to Royal Author

"Kate had given up hope" of a proposal by the time he popped the question.

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Fish is good food and demand outstrips supply in Kenya: how to produce more and get it to market safely

Fish are a nutritious, affordable protein and source of income to those who catch and sell them. As millions of people in Africa suffer from undernutrition, a lack of vital vitamins and minerals and rising rates of overweight and obesity, caused by hunger, food insecurity and eating unhealthy food, fish…

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The great wildebeest migration, seen from space: satellites and AI are helping count Africa’s wildlife

The Great Wildebeest Migration is one of the most remarkable natural spectacles on Earth. Each year, immense herds of wildebeest, joined by zebras and gazelles, travel 800-1,000km between Tanzania and Kenya in search of fresh grazing after the rains.

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Young mothers in Kenya face a higher risk of giving birth early: study explores why

Preterm babies are those born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed. The global figure for babies born early was 13.4 million in 2020. But statistics on preterm babies in African countries are poor. Obasanjo Bolarinwa and Kobi Ajayi, who research and teach public health and global healthcare management…

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Kenya Buries Long-time Opposition Leader Raila Odinga

Kenya's long-time opposition leader Raila Odinga was buried in a state funeral in the west of the country on Sunday after days of commemorations attended by tens of thousands.

International Business Times

Final interment for Kenya's former prime minister Odinga underway

The funeral of Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is underway in his rural home with heavy security

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A mushroom farm in Kenya and fungi-based panels give hope for sustainable building

A large mushroom farm near Nairobi is producing mycelium for building materials that end up as fungi-based panels, which are more sustainable and affordable than traditional bricks

The Independent UK

Heavy security after deadly violence in Kenya as thousands turn out to mourn former PM Odinga

Heavy security has been deployed to Kenya’s western city of Kisumu ahead of the final public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, after five people died in the last two public funeral events

The Independent UK

High-risk Memorial For Kenya Politician Odinga After Days Of Chaos

Vast crowds were gathering in western Kenya on Saturday to see the body of beloved politician Raila Odinga for the biggest day of mourning ceremonies that have already claimed five lives this week.

International Business Times

Stampede at the funeral of Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga kills 2

Two people have died and more than 100 others were injured during a stampede at a state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died this week at 80

The Independent UK

Raila Odinga obituary

Kenyan politician who contested the presidency five times and whose term as prime minister ushered in a period of calm and inclusivity

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Three killed after Kenyan security forces fire on crowds mourning opposition leader

Dramatic footage of the incident showed panicked mourners running for cover as shots were fired at the memorial event for the Kenyan opposition leader. There has also been a stampede at Raila Odinga’s funeral

International Business Times

Kenya Holds State Funeral For Opposition Leader Odinga After Mourners Killed

Kenya held a state funeral for revered opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi on Friday, a day after security forces opened fire to disperse huge crowds of mourners, killing at least three.

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Forget sit-ups — I tried this 40-minute core workout for runners used by Kenyan elites and it produces serious results

This lengthy core workout for runners was filmed at a running camp in Iten, Kenya, where many elites gather to train — I gave it a try and it didn’t disappoint.

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Raila Odinga: the man who changed Kenya without ever ruling it

Raila Amollo Odinga, who has died at the age of 80, was something of a paradox in post-independence Kenyan politics.

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Pregnant teens in Kenya’s low-income areas avoid health care because of fear and stigma

“I feared people and feared the doctors because they would probably judge or insult me. So, she (mother) told me no, that should not be the case, and so she offered to take me.”

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Police fire tear gas at thousands of mourners at former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga's public viewing

Police in Kenya have fired tear gas canisters at thousands of mourners who had turned out for a public viewing of the body of influential African politician and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, one day after he died in India

International Business Times

Chaos As Security Forces Fire On Mourners For Kenyan Politician Odinga

Tens of thousands of mourners in Kenya fled in panic when security forces fired gunshots and teargas in a stadium where they had gathered to see the coffin of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, whose body was repatriated from India on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Agnes Wanjiru’s niece urges Labour to extradite ex-soldier while still in power

Esther Njoki says family has seen ‘big change’ under Labour, after long fight for justice over aunt’s 2012 death in Kenya

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Raila Odinga, an enduring voice of Kenya’s democratic struggle, dies aged 80

Kenya’s former prime minister and veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has died following a decades-long career that defined the country’s struggle for democracy.

International Business Times

Kenyans Swarm Home Of Fallen 'Hero' Raila Odinga

"A king", "a hero", "Nelson Mandela", "Jesus Christ" -- no superlatives were too much for the crowd that came to mourn the death of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga at his Nairobi home on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Photos of Raila Odinga, the former Kenyan PM who helped steer the country into multiparty democracy

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga died Wednesday of a heart attack in India. He was 80 years old.

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