Kenya: Opposition Leader Boycotts Election

Two months after the polls in Kenya's presidential election closed, the results still threaten to throw the country into chaos. After Kenya's Aug. 8 election became tainted by irregularities and accusations of fraud, the Kenyan Supreme Court made a landmark decision Sept. 1 to annul the results and hold a do-over on Oct. 26. Perennial presidential candidate Raila Odinga, age 72, was given a second shot at winning what would no doubt be his last presidential election, but he has now pulled out of the race. Odinga, the opposition candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA), said the government failed to improve its handling of the upcoming election and that he would not stay in a rigged race....