Update on 2007 Post Election violence

Violence Softens in Kenya
New York Times, United States - 45 minutes ago
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NAIROBI, Kenya — If the price of cabbage is any indicator, things may be edging back to normal here in Kenya’s capital. ...

What's Next for Kenya?
BusinessWeek - 40 minutes ago
I remember standing on the streets of Nairobi in 1989, watching a car go by with then-president Daniel arab Moi in the back seat. “There goes the savior of ...

Kenyan Violence Threatens Once Thriving Economy
Voice of America - 4 hours ago
By Alisha Ryu The World Bank is warning that post-election unrest in Kenya is threatening east Africa's largest economy and could wipe out impressive gains ...

Kenya's Opposition Party Calls for New Election
Wall Street Journal - 9 hours ago
AP NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's opposition party called Friday for a new presidential election to settle a dispute over the vote that sparked days of deadly ...

Kenya: Raila Blocked Again
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 1 hour ago
Kenyan police yesterday blocked a fresh opposition rally in Nairobi after the main rally that had been scheduled for Thursday at the Uhuru grounds was ...

Kenya's Kibaki Says He's Open to Talks to End Crisis (Update1)
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
By Eric Ombok and Ed Johnson Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki said he's open to talks with opposition parties over a disputed ...

Kenya's stability in the balance
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago
The country's economy could lose hard-won ground if political tensions aren't resolved quickly. By Alex Halperin Nairobi, Kenya (Fortune) -- After doubts ...

Kenya shuns efforts to resolve crisis
Financial Times, UK - 3 hours ago
By Barney Jopson in Nairobi Jendayi Frazer, the top US diplomat on Africa, was last night due to arrive in Nairobi, the heart of Kenya’s political crisis, ...

Kufuor shelves plans to visit to Kenya to mediate
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 2 hours ago
ACCRA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Ghana's President John Kufuor, the chair of the African Union, has shelved plans to hold talks in Kenya with political leaders ...

Kenyans' lives turned upside down
BBC News, UK - 5 hours ago
By Noel Mwakugu Kenyans are bearing the brunt of the bloody post-election crisis as pressure mounts on President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila ...

UN rights investigators condemn Kenya violence
Reuters UK, UK - 5 hours ago
GENEVA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators on Friday condemned ethnic killings in Kenya and urged party leaders to calm their ...

Police battle Kenyans protesting disputed election
Newsday, NY - 3 hours ago
AP January 4, 2008 NAIROBI, Kenya - Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons yesterday to block thousands of people from protesting Kenya's disputed ...

Kenyan Police Deploy to Block Opposition Rally
Voice of America - 9 hours ago
By VOA News Kenyan police are deployed across Nairobi for a second day to prevent a planned opposition rally to protest disputed elections. ...

Kenya: A Slow Start in Search for Peace
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
International efforts to find peace and a political solution to the crisis facing the country intensified on Thursday, even as violent protests brought ...

Kenya: Drama of the Popular Struggle for Democracy
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 7 hours ago
National elections were held in Kenya on December 27, 2007; the results of the Presidential election were announced three days later. ...

Kenya: World Leaders Deplore Chaos
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
Several world leaders have reacted to the violence arising from the disputed presidential elections in Kenya. According to Los Angeles Times, US President ...

Kenya's humanitarian crisis grows
BBC News, UK - 4 hours ago
At least 180000 people have been displaced by unrest as the humanitarian crisis grows after last week's disputed election in Kenya, say UN officials. ...

Kibaki shows strongman streak in Kenya chaos
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 7 hours ago
By C. Bryson Hull NAIROBI, Jan 4 (Reuters) - President Mwai Kibaki has shown streaks of a strongman in handling post-election turmoil, but analysts say the ...

S.Africa's Tutu sees hope for Kenya deal, protest falters
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 9 hours ago
By Wangui Kanina and Andrew Cawthorne NAIROBI (Reuters) - President Mwai Kibaki is open to the idea of a coalition government to end Kenya's post-election ...

Kenya opposition wants new polls
BBC News, UK - 8 hours ago
The opposition in Kenya has called for a re-run of the presidential election last week, which it says was rigged. An opposition spokesman said President ...

In pictures: Kenya after the violence
BBC News, UK - 4 hours ago
Kenyans have been clearing up after post-election violence in which more than 300 people died. There was widespread destruction as opposition supporters ...

Kibaki would accept vote re-run if court rules
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 8 hours ago
NAIROBI, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki would accept a re-run of his disputed election if a court orders it, his spokesman said on Friday. ...

Kenyan violence hits home
New Brunswick Home News Tribune, NJ - 9 hours ago
By RICHARD KHAVKINE While the lethal clashes that followed the disputed Kenyan elections last week ebbed Thursday, the fallout from the violence in the east ...

Africa: Lessons From Kenya
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 5 hours ago
I HAVE been watching the events in Kenya very closely and feel that there are a lot of lessons Zimbabwe can draw. Even to me as an outsider, ...

Kenya: In Kisii "Food Shortages, Because People Are Afraid To Buy ...
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 2 hours ago
A few days ago, IPS East Africa Correspondent Kwamboka Oyaro was obliged to travel to Kisii in western Kenya on urgent family business. ...

Kenya opposition seeks new vote after deadly election violence
WBAY, WI - 5 hours ago
AP - January 4, 2008 11:33 AM ET NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's opposition party is calling for a new presidential election to calm violence that has left ...

Kenya Opposition Seeks New Vote
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's opposition party demanded new presidential elections Friday as thousands of hungry slum dwellers swamped aid workers after ...

Kenya’s democracy unravels
Buffalo News,  United States - 10 hours ago
Associated Press Wooden shop kiosks in Nairobi burn after being set afire by protesters following flawed elections in Kenya. Kenya is coming apart. ...

Kenya opposition demands poll re-run as US envoy flies in
AFP - 3 hours ago
NAIROBI (AFP) — Kenya's opposition demanded a presidential poll re-run Friday but the government stood its ground as huge police deployments thwarted ...

US envoy Frazer arrives in Kenya for talks with rival leaders
AFP - 54 minutes ago
NAIROBI (AFP) — US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer arrived in Kenya Friday for talks aimed at finding a way out of the ...