The death of former PM and longtime opposition leader Raila Odinga leaves a large political vacuum, writes Ian Bremmer.

As the echo of the 17-gun salute thundered through Nyamira village on Sunday evening, followed by the roar of a military ...

Political analyst Philip Mwangale has weighed on the changes going to be witnessed in the country's political landscape after ...

With Raila Odinga gone, ODM has to find a new leader, and political analyst Herman Manyora shares a list of those who can ...

Raila Amolo Odinga (1945–2025), beloved as “Baba,” “Agwambo,” and “Tinga,” was Kenya’s fearless opposition titan, a five- ...

Facing a reelection battle, the president who cast himself as the champion of ‘hustlers’ is now courting the same elite ...

The sun had barely risen on October 15 when Kenya awoke to the shocking news that its veteran leader, Raila Odinga, had died while in India at the age of 80. According to hospital officials in ...

There are moments when an entire nation holds its breath, when time seems to stand still and hearts beat together, waiting for news we already know will devastate us.That morning, October 15, 2025, ...

He was jailed, tortured and denied the presidency five times, yet few shaped Kenya’s democracy or embodied its struggle more ...

He stood as Africa’s foremost opposition leader and a tireless champion of democracy, a moral compass whose defiance ...

Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister, veteran opposition firebrand, and one of the best-known African politicians of ...

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced to ...