Kenya: New Election Date Set, New Demands Set

On the heels of the Kenyan Supreme Court's ruling, which annulled the recent presidential election, the country's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced that the new election will be held on Oct. 17. The IEBC also declared that President Uhuru Kenyatta and his principal rival, Raila Odinga, will be the only candidates on the ballot. The rerun means that Odinga will have another chance at the presidential office, and to make sure that this time around the election isn’t held under a suspicious cloud of irregularities and delays....