Presidents and representatives of African heads of state joined thousands of mourners at a state funeral service on Friday for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the democratic reformer who died this week in India at the age of 80

Two people died and dozens were injured in a stampede at the state funeral of Kenya's revered opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday as crowds rushed to see his coffin, Doctors Without Borders said.

Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga passed on October 15, 2025, aged 80. As the country grieves its loss,FRANCE 24's former Nairobi correspondent Olivia Bizot tells us more on Raila Odinga's lasting political impact in the country, and what his passing could mean for Kenyan politics.

Kenya grieves the death of former premier Raila Odinga, a major political figure who spent most of his life in the opposition. While the country waits for state funerals to be organised, FRANCE 24's Bastien Renouil asked on October 15, 2025 locals living in Odinga's stronghold, a slum in Nairobi, and his native city what they thought of him.

In this footage, tens of thousands of people are seen fleeing in panic as Kenyan security forces open fire in a stadium in #Nairobi on October 16. The crowd had gathered to pay tribute to opposition leader Raila #Odinga. Several people were injured.

Two people were killed and dozens were injured, many seriously, in a crowd surge at opposition leader Raila Odinga’s state funeral in the capital Nairobi on Friday, a day after police opened fire at…

Kenya is observing a period of national mourning as the state funeral for former Prime Minister Raila Odinga commenced Friday at Nyayo National Stadium, a somber event marred by deadly violence a day earlier that left at least four people dead.