Senator Accuses Kenya of Neglecting Children Trapped in Saudi Arabia

The comments, by a member of Kenya’s ruling party, represent a rebuke of President William Ruto’s government: “Heads must roll.”

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Kenya’s Key Export Used to Be Coffee. Now It’s Cheap Labor.

There’s big money in sending poor workers abroad. Here’s how the economics work.

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Kenyan Workers Get Abused Abroad. The President’s Family and Allies Profit.

President William Ruto’s government acts as an arm of an industry whose leaders compare women to dogs and blame them for their own abuse, a Times investigation found.

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Unwed Mothers and Their Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia

A Times investigation found that children are routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education. Diplomats and police officers turned the mothers away.

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Why Children of Unmarried Mothers Are Stranded in Saudi Arabia

We pieced together the details, from Riyadh to Nairobi.

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Unwed Mothers and Their Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia

A Times investigation found that children are routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education. Diplomats and police officers turned the mothers away.

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Funeral Is Held for Raila Odinga, a Pillar of Kenya’s Democracy

Thousands paid their respects at a stadium in Nairobi. President William Ruto said the spirit of Mr. Odinga, who died at 80, “lives within every Kenyan and every African.”

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‘Promises Have Not Been Kept’: What’s Behind Africa’s Youth Protests

Protesters say their anger reflects a lack of economic opportunity on a continent with the world’s youngest population.

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Raila Odinga, Former Prime Minister of Kenya, Dies at 80

A pivotal political leader who helped usher in multiparty democracy, he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency five times.

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The World Comes to New York for a Very Different Climate Week

As world leaders arrive in New York City for Climate Week, the United States has all but left the global fight against climate change under President Trump.

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