The death of a second opposition member of parliament in Kenya has put a halt to peace talks. Just how long these talks remain grounded is unknown. Right now the only constant in Kenya is violence.
CNN reports, “David Too was shot dead Thursday in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret amid fresh violence […]
Frazer, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs said today that “ethnic cleansing” is underway in Kenya, but that the level of violence does not rise to be classified as ‘genocide.’ However, you may have a hard time convincing that to the people who live in the Rift […]
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The crisis in Kenya reached a new and potentially violate flashpoint on Tuesday when Mugabe Were, a freshman parlimentarian from the opposition party was shot dead outside his home.
Were was seen as part of a new generation of leaders in Kenya who was trying to end the violence. Instead, he became a victim of it.
The […]
The police in Kenya have been called upon for almost a month to try and restrain the violence that has rattled the country. However, now reports are emerging that the police are simply outnumbered, outmatched and unprepared to deal with this unprecedented level of bloodshed.
David Ohito, a senior political reporter for the Kenyan Standard […]
No the violence has not ended in Kenya. If anything, over the past 48 hours it has spiraled out of control in the rural areas of the country.
Jeffery Gettleman, the New York Times reporter covering the crisis in Kenya has been doing a terrific job of providing some of the most vivid details from […]
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This has been the story line in Kenya since the disputed election results were announced in late December. Today, things took a turn for the better. After weeks of prodding,  Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga met for the first time under the auspices of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The meeting was […]
An estimated 20 people died this past week during the 3 days of protests around Kenya. While those protests are now over, the conflict continues almost unabated. In the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Several homes were burning.
An Associated Press reporter, “saw the body of a Luo man who had been beaten to death after riding […]
The protests are over in Kenya. But there is no end in sight to the violence. Now that the 3 days of national protest are complete, the opposition party is calling for boycotts to begin. 22 people are confirmed dead in the last 3 days alone, raising the confirmed death total to […]
Shots were fired today by police at people attempting to rally in protest of last month’s disputed election results. Around Kenya thousands of people are attempting to stage rallies as the outcry of the election outcome refuses to die down.
According to CNN: “The tense day follows the election Tuesday of an opposition candidate as house […]
The crisis in Kenya may slowly be falling from the headlines (after all how long can the establishment media really cover violence in Africa, you knew eventually they would drop it), but the bloodshed continues.
International human rights campaigners, including Human Rights Watch, claim that the Kenyan police have a “shoot to kill” policy to quell […]