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US Rips Kenya Opposition
Over 'Ethnic Cleansing'

Jan 30, 2008 8:19 AM CST

US Rips Kenya Opposition Over 'Ethnic Cleansing'

Envoy calls for probe, warns aid under review

(Newser) - The top US envoy to Africa today accused supporters of Kenya's opposition of "clear ethnic cleansing" after violence in the Rift Valley killed hundreds of Kikuyus, who support embattled president Mwai Kibaki. "The aim originally was not to kill, it was to cleanse, it was to push them...

River of Blood Runs in Kenya

Jan 27, 2008 7:45 AM CST

River of Blood Runs in Kenya

Toll up to 69 in latest ethnic violence

(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...

In Kenya, Annan Denounces Violent 'Abuses'

Jan 26, 2008 11:25 AM CST

In Kenya, Annan Denounces Violent 'Abuses'

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

(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...

Runners Are Targets Amid Kenya Strife

Jan 24, 2008 9:29 PM CST

Runners Are Targets Amid Kenya Strife

Athletes meet over accusations of stirring up violence

(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...

Former UN Boss
Tackling
Kenya Crisis

Jan 22, 2008 2:57 AM CST

Former UN Boss Tackling Kenya Crisis

Kofi Annan flying in to mediate as election violence continues

(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....

Kenyan Killings 'Planned'

Jan 21, 2008 5:38 AM CST

Kenyan Killings 'Planned'

Flyers, arms distribution point to orchestrated violence

(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...

3 Dead In New Kenya Violence

Jan 20, 2008 9:40 AM CST

3 Dead In New Kenya Violence

31 dead since anti-government rallies launched last week

(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...

At Least 13 Dead in Kenyan Protests

Jan 18, 2008 11:35 AM CST

At Least 13 Dead in Kenyan Protests

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

(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....

Kenyan Prez Lost Vote, Says US Exit Poll

Jan 14, 2008 2:10 PM CST

Kenyan Prez Lost Vote, Says US Exit Poll

Unreleased results suggest Kibaki stole controversial election

(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—...