Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African politics, dies at 80

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a key figure in African politics, has died of a heart attack in India, the Devamatha Hospital in India’s Kerala State confirmed on October 15, 2025. He was 80. FRANCE 24’s Emily Boyle looks back on the life of a man whose activism helped steer Kenya away from single-party rule and towards a multiparty democracy.