Odinga fully understood the nature of democratic competition and peaceful coexistence. Even as a fierce political competitor, ...

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

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

It is not surprising that Omole rushes to defend Odinga’s political record. His reaction underscores the historical role ...

Kenyans are wont to refer to Raila Odinga, the long-reigning 80-year-old opposition leader who died on Wednesday, as the “Enigma of Kenyan politics,” a reference to the title of a 2006 biography of ...

Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns rattled authorities and gave him an outsized influence on political life in his East ...