Civic freedoms across Africa are shrinking, with journalists and activists facing detention and repression, says a Civicus report.

A complex SIM swap fraud case in Kenya has emerged with connections to an ongoing murder investigation, as three suspects face charges for fraudulently accessing and using the mobile phone number of ...

The government has mounted a strong defence of Deputy Inspector-General of Police Eliud Lagat, who is facing calls to leave office following the death of teacher-cum-blogger Albert Ojwang. The ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Kenyan teacher, activist, and social media campaigner Albert Ojwang is finally ...

KAKOTH VILLAGE, Kenya — At first, there were only small groups of mourners milling about as a few dozen men hacked away at the hardened earth. But there were signs of what was to come. The meat from ...

Central Police Station OCS Samson Talaam’s bid to suspend his murder trial over the death of teacher-cum-blogger Albert Ojwang has been rejected by the High Court. Mr Talaam along with five other ...

NAIROBI - Torched buildings were smouldering and shop owners were cleaning up the charred wreckage in central Nairobi on Thursday, after a night of looting and arson followed youth demonstrations in ...

Kenyans gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of anti-government protests, ignited by proposed tax hikes and police violence. The recent death of blogger Albert Ojwang in police custody has ...

June 25 (UPI) --Television stations were forced off air as thousands flooded the streets in Kenya across the African nation to demand President William Ruto's resignation a year after mass protests ...

In a packed virtual room, voices rise against a growing menace threatening Kenya’s democratic fabric — strategic litigation against public participation, or SLAPP suits, a legal tactic increasingly ...

FILE PHOTO: Demonstration against the death of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang who died in police custody, in Mombasa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan prosecutors said on Monday they approved murder charges ...