US EditionFormer Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African democracy efforts, dies at 80
Raila Odinga died of cardiac failure while receiving Ayurvedic treatment in India, leaving a leadership gap ahead of Kenya's 2027 elections, officials said.
- Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya, died of a heart attack at the age of 80 during a morning walk in India, confirmed local police and hospital officials.
- Kenyan President William Ruto announced a seven-day national mourning period and stated, 'We lost a beacon of courage, a tower of principle, and a father of our democracy.'
- Odinga served as Kenya's Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013 and was a significant opposition leader, running unsuccessfully for president five times between 1997 and 2022.
- Odinga will receive a state funeral, and his body will be embalmed as per instructions from the Kenyan embassy.
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UPDATE 4-Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga dies at 80
UPDATE 4-Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga dies at 80 Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, who was imprisoned multiple times while fighting one-party autocracy and ran five times unsuccessfully for president, died aged 80 on Wednesday in India. Odinga had been receiving medical treatment abroad and suffered a cardiac arrest, according to the hospital in the city of Kochi where he died.He was for decades at the heart of Ke…
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80: Kenya’s long-time opposition leader Raila Odinga, who unsuccessfully ran for president five times but served as prime minister from 2008 to 2013, died of a heart attack in the Indian city of Kochi on Wednesday, at the age of 80. Though Odinga was generally out of power, his populist ideals and combative style gave him an outsized influence on the East African country.$9 billion: At the World Bank/IMF annual meetings this week, the Bank pledg…
Kenya's former Prime Minister Odinga is dead.
For many years, he was the face of the political opposition in Kenya. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency five times. Now, Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80. By Karin Bensch.
Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African politics, dies at 80 (World)
Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns rattled authorities and gave him an outsized influence on political life in his East African country, died Wednesday of a heart attack while traveling in India. He was 80. His death was confi...
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