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A total of 55 incidents of enforced disappearances occurred between January and December 2024.
Kenya's economy grew much slower than anticipated in 2024, recording a GDP growth rate of 4.7 per cent against the projected 5.7 per cent.
Strategic Communications Advisor Fred Okang’o emphasised the need to separate personal political views from respect for national institutions.
Munyao, the mother of 19-year-old Rex Masai, who was fatally shot on Moi Avenue during the protests, is spearheading the petition, which has already a...
The documentary has generated a significant public outcry, raising questions about the use of force by the Kenyan security forces during the protest.
Local human rights organisations submitted that, despite the largely peaceful nature of the protests, there were credible allegations of excessive and...
The move comes barely a year after similar proposals in the Finance Bill, 2024 were dropped following fierce resistance from the public and civil righ...
In a memo to all police commanders and heads of formation units, Kanja now wants the police to assist IPOA with the necessary documentation and inform...
Four other cases are still under investigation or awaiting further action, and two referred to public inquests set for mention or hearing in the comin...
Mandera North MP Major (Rtd) Bashir Abdullahi claimed the documentary was interfering with the reconciliation that has been going on in the country si...
At the centre of the dispute was a press statement issued by Bungei on June 18, 2024, in which he declared that protests and public gatherings would n...
Despite high-level promises from the government to ensure accountability, Amnesty pointed out that there has been little progress in holding those res...
ODPP said several people had been captured on video or mentioned in the documentary and were of interest due to their presence during the incident.
Attendees have been urged to dress warmly and carry shukas, as the screening will run late into the night.
The renewed demands follow the release of a BBC documentary, which identifies individuals allegedly involved in the deaths of three unarmed protesters...
The Authority's probe delved into several incidents in June 2024 across the country during mass protests against the Finance Bill, 2024, which saw cla...
BBC’s investigation also involved the review of over 5,000 images, which showed that many of those killed were unarmed and posed no threat when they w...
Mukunji said it was unfortunate for the country to rely on external sources to learn about events that should have been handled locally.
Amnesty revealed that the findings in the documentary aligned with joint investigations carried out with other human rights organisations, including t...
As the protestors stormed Parliament, some were shot outside the building, while others set fire to a section housing the parliamentary office.
One of the findings was that one shooter had a unique dress code, unlike the plainclothes police officers at the scene, raising doubts about whether h...
Critics warned that spontaneous protests would be made illegal and that police would be empowered to suppress any form of dissent.
Other protesters waved Palestinian flags while wearing keffiyeh scarves, chanting "free Palestine" and expressing solidarity with Palestinians killed...
The autopsy also confirmed significant internal bleeding as the cause of death.
With tears in their eyes, they sang the national anthem, the only message they felt they could send to the government before running off the stage, st...
Ruto said he had already taken decisive action by disbanding a rogue police unit that had been implicated in the killings.
Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party said in January it wanted to extend Mnangagwa's term in office by two years until 2030.
The CS said the law provided that in the event that KDF is deployed to restore peace in areas affected by unrest, under article 241, the chief of the...
He explained that the government’s decision to call in the military to quell the protests was a grave mistake that could have resulted in soldiers ass...
Masai was shot and killed during the Gen Z protests in June 2024, which were held in opposition to the Finance Bill 2024 and various other governance...
