Kenya: Violence Prompts Peace Corps to Suspend Operations

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | February 7th, 2008 | Trackback

Ongoing post-election violence that has often become ethnic prompted the U.S. Peace Corps to suspend its operations in Kenya. The Peace Corps announced the decision Feb. 5 to withdraw its remaining 58 volunteers after sending home 86 in January. Tourism has dropped to a trickle and foreign companies are considering pulling out, which would deal a heavy blow to Kenya’s economy. The government and opposition leaders agreed to take immediate action to end the violence, but unrest continued, especially in the west.

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