The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes.

NAIROBI (Reuters) -At least two people were shot dead in Nairobi on Thursday after Kenyan security forces fired in the air to disperse crowds at a stadium hosting a viewing of

A group of Kenyan non-governmental organisations have accused the government of stoking economic inequality and driving up national debt, in a written briefing to the head of the International Monetary Fund.

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Gunfire was heard in Kenya on Thursday as a crowd of mourners pushed through a gate of the Nairobi stadium for a viewing of deceased opposition leader Raila Odinga's body, a YouTube feed hosted by the Kenyan presidency showed.