Kenya Is Betting Its Economy on Women Willing to Risk It All
We set out to investigate worker abuse in Saudi Arabia. We found a system that begins exploiting them before they ever leave home.
We set out to investigate worker abuse in Saudi Arabia. We found a system that begins exploiting them before they ever leave home.
Many single moms and their children are trapped there. She was adamant that her daughter wouldn’t be among them.
President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.
President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working 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.”
There’s big money in sending poor workers abroad. Here’s how the economics work.
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.”
Protesters say their anger reflects a lack of economic opportunity on a continent with the world’s youngest population.
A pivotal political leader who helped usher in multiparty democracy, he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency five times.
Simmering anger against President William Ruto’s government has boiled over into clashes between protesters and the police, who have deployed live rounds, tear gas and water cannons.