Raila Odinga, Kenya's veteran opposition leader, died suddenly in India at age 80. His passing marks the end of an era in Kenyan politics with ongoing implications for national unity.

KENYA: RAILA Amollo Odinga, who has died at the age of 80, was something of a paradox in post-independence Kenyan politics. A leader who repeatedly ran for president, he never won – in part due to the 2007 election being manipulated in favour of Mwai Kibaki.

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died of a heart attack in India. He was 80 years old. A statement from a hospital in Kerala State said Odinga didn’t respond to resuscitation efforts.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Friday that Kenya had made "significant and demonstrable progress" toward cleaning up its systems, delaying a threatened non-compliance order.