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  • March 2008

    • Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia

      BBC  |  Mar 5, 08 2:15 PM CST

      Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia

      (Newser) - Kenya's government might have played a direct role in sanctioning recent ethnic violence. A source tells the BBC that senior officials met with the violent Mungiki militia, with the aim of recruiting the outlawed group as a "defense force" to help protect the ethnic Kikuyu population. In January, Mungiki thugs allegedly used machetes to attack non-Kikuyu in the Rift Valley. More »

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      Kenya  • Human Rights Watch  • Kikuyu  • ethnic violence  • militia  • Mungiki

  • November 2007

    • 8,000 Kenyans Killed by Cops, Lawyers Say

      Associated Press  |  Nov 25, 07 8:30 PM CST

      8,000 Kenyans Killed by Cops, Lawyers Say

      (Newser) - Kenyan cops have killed or fatally tortured more than 8,000 youth since 2002, human rights lawyers charged today. The deaths, along with 4,000 cases of missing men, are allegedly part of a state crackdown on the Mungiki—an outlawed sect the government blames for gang violence. Police have dismissed the report as “fictitious” and “a document not worth responding to.” More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • human rights  • Mwai Kibaki  • gangs  • Kikuyu  • Nairobi  • tribes  • Mungiki

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