Kenya
Ruto and his allies discuss Odinga's future role

Kenya
Promise after promise, Ruto eats into Odinga's home support

Making great use of country tours and announcements, the president is, one by one, rallying senior politicians in the Nyanza province, home of former rival Raila Odinga, whose party, riddled by internal divisions, has been suffering the exodus of its members since the signing of a government agreement.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, João Lourenço, Burna Boy, William Ruto

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCFélix Tshisekedi ruffles João Lourenço's feathers

NigeriaAfropop star Burna Boy struggles to fill Stade de France

KenyaMusalia Mudavadi's rough time at State House

Africa
AU and EU strengthen ties for year ahead

Each with a new commission, the African Union and European Union plan to relaunch their cooperation this year, which has been hampered by the conflict in Ukraine. The key moment will be a heads of state summit in October or November.

Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang puts forward candidate for AU trade commissioner post

The Equatorial Guinean president is backing a close ally for the post of commissioner for economic development, tourism, trade, industry and mining at the African Union. The Central Africa region is also set to make nominations for the two posts to which it is entitled.

Kenya
Mid-term blues prompt Ruto's party to revise strategy ahead of 2027

With the president's popularity ratings in the doldrums, the United Democratic Alliance is intending to launch a new PR campaign in parts of the country where the former opposition politician Raila Odinga is popular.

Kenya
Odinga's departure prompts ODM infighting

Senior executives of the Orange Democratic Movement, Kenya's second largest political party, are not taking kindly to the promotion of Kisumu Governor Peter Anyang' Nyong'o as interim leader. In addition to his age and attitude towards them, Nyong'o's pro-government line has distanced him from many ODM executives.

Kenya
Deputy in Raila Odinga's party dreaming of becoming opposition leader

A respected leader in his region, the former governor of Mombasa, Ali Hassan Joho, is struggling to win over the traditional opposition strongholds in western Kenya. He is seeking to unite the key leaders of the coast around his own possible party.

Kenya
Odinga risks losing allies over renewed rejection of Ruto's legitimacy

The runner-up in last year's presidential election has ignored his top supporters' pleas to accept William Ruto's offer of becoming Kenya's official leader of the opposition. But Odinga's own calls for mass demonstrations to push for Ruto's resignation could well backfire.