Kenya: Raila Odinga withdraws from election rerun

Opposition leader makes surprise announcement prior to new supreme court-ordered presidential voteKenya’s opposition has said it will boycott a presidential election rerun that is due in less than two weeks, throwing the east African state into a full-blown political crisis.The new poll was ordered by the country’s supreme court after the opposition challenged the results of elections in August, which gave the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, a second presidential term by nine percentage p