While Kenya’s closely-watched March election was not without flaws, the process was considered credible by the Kenyan courts and international observers, and the results were accepted by the opposition, marking a significant improvement over the violence following the December …

Democratic backsliding in Eurasia, Egypt’s dependence on foreign subsidies, Kenya’s elections, Russian anti-corruption initiatives and the U.S. military’s efforts to help promote democracy feature in this week’s Democracy Lab roundup:

Anna Nemtsova sends a dispatch from Moscow on the …

“Kenya‘s Supreme Court today ordered a recount of votes cast at 22 polling centers, after presidential elections in which a second-round run off was only avoided by the narrowest of margins,” AFP reports:

The court also ordered …

“Kenya saw a photo finish in its race for president Friday as the last ballots were counted. Uhuru Kenyatta (right), the leading candidate, saw his percentage edge above 50 percent,” The Associated Press reports:

The latest vote tally …

If Kenya’s presidential debates were meant to encourage voting along policy or ideological lines instead of ethnic allegiances, they failed, the Daily Maverick’s Greg Nicholson writes for the Guardian Africa Network.

“Uhuru Kenyatta (right), Raila Odinga, Musalia Mudavadi, …

Civil society and labor activists are using a range of techniques and strategies to prevent a repeat of the ethnic violence that devastated Kenya following the 2007 election, including an engaging movie:

Mercy Wanjiru, who was born in Nairobi’s Korogocho …

Kenya’s forthcoming election seems likely to unleash a wave of tribal violence and destabilize East Africa’s “anchor state” and a significant strategic partner to international security efforts in the region.

Many observers are concerned that the poll could elect …