September 01, 2017 Issue

Nairobi—Protesters cheer on August 10 after hearing that their candidate, Raila Odinga, had won the Kenyan presidency, but it was unclear if that information was correct. The celebration came after a day of demonstrations by Odinga’s supporters, who clashed with riot police, and many fear the protests could spiral as they did a decade ago, when more than 1,300 people died in post-election violence. There has been no evidence of vote tampering, but Odinga supporters continue to accuse President Uhuru Kenyatta of fraud in the election.