Kenya: Post-Election Violence Plagues Country

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | January 2nd, 2008 | Trackback

Several days of violence following disputed national elections occurred in Nairobi, the Rift Valley and the coastal resort of Mombasa, prompting the U.S State Department to discourage all but essential travel to Kenya, and the British Foreign Office to warn against travel to several specific areas, including downtown Nairobi. Some 300 people have been killed, mostly along tribal lines. Irregularities in the vote tallies suggest the election was corrupted, and further protests with potential for violence are likely.

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