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Kenya's newly elected President William Ruto is sworn into power alongside his wife as tens of thousands watch in a stadium in Nairobi. IMAGES
Kenyan President William Ruto and his wife Rachel arrive at a stadium packed with tens of thousands of spectators and other African heads of states in Nairobi. IMAGES
Protests and unrest build in Kisumu, eastern Kenya, the stronghold of former prime minister Raila Odinga, after deputy President William Ruto was declared winner of Kenya's hard-fought presidential poll. The announcement was mired in controversy after several members of the election commission rejected the results. IMAGES
William Ruto receives the certificate of his victory from the hands of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Chairman Wafula Chebukati, as Ruto was declared President-elect of Kenya despite several commissioners rejecting the results. Chebukati declared him the victor with almost 7.18 million votes (50.49 percent) against 6.94 million (48.85 percent) for his rival Raila Odinga. IMAGES
Kenyan President William Ruto greets his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi in Nairobi, as Raisi kicks off his Africa tour. The rare visit to Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe marks the latest diplomatic effort by the Islamic Republic to forge new alliances and ease its international isolation. IMAGES
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is greeted by Kenya's President William Ruto for the second leg of his African tour. Scholz is seeking clean energy partnerships after his government was forced to wean itself off Russian energy imports following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. In Kenya 90 percent of power needs are covered by renewables. IMAGES