Kenya

Official name

Republic of Kenya

ISO alpha-2 code

ISO alpha-3 code

KEN

ISO numeric-3 code

404

Region

Eastern Africa

Continent

Africa

GSOD country id

501

D7 id

156

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African Union

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The African Union is a union consisting of 55 African states. The AU was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa to replace the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).

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In Kenya, all elections since the reintroduction of multiparty politics in 1992 have resulted in serious violence, with the exception of the 2002 general election. Notably, the controversial 2007 general election led to post-election violence causing over 1,000 deaths and the displacement of over 600,000 people.