Kenya Red Cross Says More Than 1,000 Die In Crisis
Posted on February 6, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Kenya |
More than 1,000 people have died and 304,000 people been displaced in Kenya’s post-election crisis, the local Red Cross said.
“As of yesterday, we have over 1,000 people (dead) including the latest killings in Kisii, Migori and other places over the weekend,” Kenya Red Cross spokesman Tony Mwangi said. The figure of 304,000 refugees did not include displacements over recent days and so would probably rise.
Meanwhile the Associated Press is now reporting that the opposition party is poised to stage a new round of protests. According to their latest report:
“Kenya’s opposition threatened mass rallies Wednesday to stop a gathering of African foreign ministers in Nairobi because they were not consulted about the meeting. Previous opposition rallies over the disputed Dec. 27 presidential election have turned violent, with police firing tear gas and live bullets to break up crowds. Dozens of people died. Foreign ministers from the East African bloc known as IGAD were due in Kenya on Wednesday for talks the next day on the country’s crisis. President Mwai Kibaki’s government is chairing the meeting.”
“The (threat of a) mass rally stands,” said Ahmed Hashi, a spokesman for the opposition Orange Democratic Movement, adding that the party “will make sure that they do not meet here.”
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