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'Sickening Brutality' Spreads
in Kenya

Annan meets with opposition leader

Jan 27, 08 10:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Ethnic violence and revenge killing continued unchecked in western Kenya today, with at least 17 more people beaten, hacked, or burned to death by mobs engaged in what the BBC correspondent calls  "sickening brutality" since last month’s contested presidential election. The death toll is nearing 750, the BBC... More »

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Africa • Kenya • Kofi Annan • Kikuyu • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • ethnic violence • Africa Union

River of Blood Runs in Kenya

Toll up to 69 in latest ethnic violence

Jan 27, 08 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Kenyans were burned alive and hacked to death with machetes as raging ethnic violence in western Kenya claimed another 69 lives in the latest bloodshed since last month's controversial presidential election. Houses were in flames in the tourist getaway of Naivasha today and bodies were stacked up in the morgue... More »

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Kenya • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenyan elections • ethnic violence

In Kenya, Annan Denounces Violent 'Abuses'

Former UN head finds crisis 'tragic'; dozens more deaths reported

Jan 26, 08 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Kofi Annan, in Kenya to mediate a settlement to the brutal conflict rocking the country, condemned the "gross and systematic abuses of human rights"  he had seen on a tour of the country's worst flashpoints, the BBC reports. Dozens more gruesome deaths were reported today. Annan spoke of... More »

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Kenya • United Nations • Kofi Annan • Kenyan elections • Nakuru • displaced persons

Runners Are Targets Amid Kenya Strife

Athletes meet over accusations of
stirring up violence

Jan 24, 08 9:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Some of the world's best runners have been receiving death threats as conflict continues in their native Kenya, where rumors circulate that the athletes were involved in stirring up ethnic killings. Top Kenyan runners are meeting in the town of Eldoret to discuss their response, the AP reports. "I... More »

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Former UN Boss
Tackling
Kenya Crisis

Kofi Annan flying in to mediate as election violence continues

Jan 22, 08 2:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan will fly to Kenya today to try to mediate the nation's political crisis and stop the violence. He faces a difficult task. Members of President Mwai Kibaki's cabinet are hostile to mediation, and opposition leader Raila Odinga is in no mood to back down.... More »

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Kenya • United Nations • Kofi Annan • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenyan elections

Kenyan Killings 'Planned'

Flyers, arms distribution point to orchestrated violence

Jan 21, 08 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - As the death toll in Kenya's ongoing ethnic violence continued to mount yesterday, evidence indicates that some of the horrific bloodshed was carefully planned, the New York Times reports. Flyers warned of ethnic killings—now responsible for at least 650 deaths in the past month—even before December's controversial presidential... More »

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Kenya • violence • ethnic conflict • Kikuyu • Kenyan elections • Masai • Kalenjin

3 Dead In New Kenya Violence

31 dead since anti-government rallies launched last week

Jan 20, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - At least three people were hacked to death with machetes and homes were set ablaze in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence in Kenya today between President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuya group and opposition backers of Raila Odinga, Reuters reports. The deaths bring to 31 those killed since Odinga's supporters began... More »

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Kenya • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenyan elections • Kikuya • disputed election • rallies • ethnic violence

At Least 13 Dead in Kenyan Protests

Death toll in 3-day uprising tops 20 as police fire on civilians

Jan 18, 08 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 13 people were killed today in Kenya as police fired into crowds of protesters and rival tribes attacked one another in a continued response to the disputed presidential election, Reuters reports. Today marked the third and final day of oppositional political protests, which were met with lethal force.... More »

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Kenya • police • protests • ethnic warfare • Kenyan elections

Kenyan Police Fire on Protesters

Odinga says 7 killed, calls for sanctions

Jan 17, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan police clashed with protesters in the streets of Nairobi today; opposition leader Raila Odinga claims seven were killed as police fired on angry crowds protesting president Mwai Kibaki’s disputed reelection. One witness said police fired live rounds “indiscriminately,” despite assurances that only batons and teargas were... More »

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Kenya • European Union • protests • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • batons • international sanctions • tear gas • European Parliament

Kenya Braces for More Violence

Opposition gearing up for street protests

Jan 16, 08 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Tensions are rising in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi as angry opposition supporters prepare for three days of protests over the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki in an allegedly rigged ballot. Opposition protests have been banned by the Kibaki regime, triggering concerns that rallies could spark major clashes. Some 600... More »

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Kenya • protests • Kofi Annan • Nairobi • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenneth Marende • Kisumu • roadblocks

Kenyan Prez Lost Vote, Says US Exit Poll

Unreleased results suggest Kibaki stole controversial election

Jan 14, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - A US-backed exit poll of voters in last month's Kenyan presidential elections found that incumbent Mwai Kibaki lost resoundingly to challenger Raila Odinga. The poll hasn’t been publicly released yet for unknown reasons, but sources say Odinga came out 8 percentage points ahead—well above the margin of error—... More »

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Kenya • International Republican Institute • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenyan elections

African Union Can't Resolve Kenya Crisis

Delegation led by
Kofi Annan will take next crack

Jan 10, 08 4:48 PM CST
(Newser) - An attempt to broker an end to the Kenyan crisis failed today when an African Union mission couldn't get opposing sides to agree on how to end the violence, Reuters reports. AU head John Kufuor pressed opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki to settle; after talks disintegrated into... More »

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Kenya • African Union • Nairobi • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • election

Ethnic Gangs Rile Kenyan Slums

Gang with reputed vampire tendencies at center of ugly violence

Jan 10, 08 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The ethnic violence that has ripped through Kenya since December's disputed election is particularly gruesome between gangs in the slums of Nairobi, Newsweek reports. On one side is the self-proclaimed “Taliban,” a group dedicated to protecting their Luo tribe, and imposing order and justice much like their Afghan... More »

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Kenya • gangs • ethnic conflict • Kikuyu • Luo

Obama Wades Into Kenya Fray

Candidate tells opposition leader in father's homeland he's worried about violence

Jan 8, 08 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama called Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga in an effort to help defuse the bloody post-election standoff in the African nation. "He called to express grave concern over the election outcome," Odinga's spokesman told the AP. Obama's father was from Kenya, where 500 people have died in... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga

Odinga Calls Off Rallies, Will Try Negotiating

Kikuyu tribe flees western Kenya as death toll tops 600

Jan 7, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan opposition leader Rail Odinga called off his protest rallies today, trying to calm the nation as busloads of ethnic Kikuyu fled the western part of the country. So far at least 255,000 have been displaced, and 600 have been killed in ethnic-cleansing-style violence. Odinga today agreed to try... More »

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Kenya • ethnic cleansing • Kikuyu • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga

Odinga Rejects Unity Rule; Kenya Health Crisis Looms

Aid chiefs sound alarm in wake of chaos

Jan 6, 08 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Opposition leader Raila Odinga today rejected President Mwai Kibaki's offer of a unity government and demanded an international mediator, AP reports. "We want a properly negotiated settlement, not a coalition government," Odinga said, warning that his party would stage more rallies, threatening a new burst of violence after... More »

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Kenya • United Nations • crisis • political factions • food shortage • water shortage • ethnic conflict • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga

Kenyan Prez  Agrees to Form Unity Gov't

Top US diplomat in
talks as humanitarian crisis grows

Jan 5, 08 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki today pledged to form a unity government, after talks with the top US diplomat for Africa aimed at solving the country's violent post-election crisis, the BBC reports. Jendayi Frazer met first with opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has said he will not negotiate unless Kibaki steps... More »

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Kenya • diplomacy • diplomat • humanitarian crisis • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Jendayi Frazer

Tutu 'Hopeful'
About Kenya Mediation

Opposition calls
for new election as condemnation grows

Jan 4, 08 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has said he is open to the possibility of a coalition government—if the opposition consents to his terms, Reuters reports. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said after a meeting with Kibaki that "there is a great deal of hope" in ongoing talks and that... More »

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Kenya • Desmond Tutu • Bernard Kouchner • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga

Kenya Prez: 'I'm Ready to Talk'

Clashes force opposition to move rally to tomorrow

Jan 3, 08 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said today he's ready for talks with political opponents "once the nation is calm," Reuters reports. After three days of rioting and burning slums, in the wake of a hotly contested election, opposition leader Raila Odinga postponed until tomorrow a rally scheduled for a... More »

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Kenya • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • election fraud • election

Kenya Unrest Not Rwanda-Scale

Ethnic violence is serious, but not organized genocide of 1994

Jan 3, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Post-election violence in Kenya has taken on a nasty ethnic edge, as tribes across the country, particularly the Luo of opposition leader Raila Odinga, take their political frustrations out on sort-of President Mwai Kibaki’s powerful Kikuyu. But this isn’t quite Rwanda, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The 1994... More »

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Kenya • Rwanda • Kikuyu • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Luo

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