by Preston Beatty | Nov 20, 2017 | University of Memphis
In Kenya, violence has again erupted after a second presidential election was held on October 26th, decided once more in favor of incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta. On November 17, several were killed in clashes between opposition demonstrators and police as...
by Chance Rogala | Nov 13, 2017 | Boston University
Throughout his candidacy and Presidency, President Donald Trump has made statements like “Serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire, and California – so why isn’t the media reporting on this? Serious bias – big problem!” These sentiments came to a head in May...
by Laura Stavinsky | Nov 13, 2017 | Boston University
On October 26th, President Uhuru Kenyatta won Kenya’s presidential re-run election with 98% of the vote. This vote came almost three months after the initial vote on August 8th in which Kenyatta won with a far slimmer majority of 54% against opposition candidate Raila...
by Margo Blank | Oct 13, 2017 | Boston University
On August 8, 2017 Kenya held a Presidential election. Following concerns that the results were neither accurate nor untouched by oversight officials themselves, the Supreme Court of Kenya made waves with their decision to discard the results of the 8th election and...