Kenya Election Sparks Violence.. in pictures
Photo: Noor Khamis - Reuters
In the news - from the washingtonpost.com and msnbc.msn.com - “Police battle thousands of opposition supporters across Kenya who accuse President Mwai Kibaki of vote rigging to win his re-election.”
“NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya’s attorney general called for an independent body to verify the results of last week’s disputed election, as riot police used tear gas and water cannons to push back crowds headed for a protest rally in Nairobi that was later called off.”
1> Kenyan police use a water cannon to disperse a march in support of opposition leader Raila Odinga in the streets of Nairobi on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008.
2> Riot police fire tear gas and water cannons to beat back surging crowds of rock-throwing opposition protesters.
3> Protesters taunt riot police behind a burning roadblock.
4> A man tries to salvage furniture from a shop amid wooden kiosks set on fire by supporters of Raila Odinga’s party.
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Photo: Ben Curtis - AP
UPDATED link added Feb 4th ~ Ethnic Clashes in Kenya
UPDATED link added Feb 15th - The Segregation of Kenya - nytimes.com
UPDATE link added Feb 16 - Photographer’s Journal (audio slideshow) - Jan Grarup discusses the refugee crisis in Eastern Chad and Darfur, Sudan, which he has been photographing for several years - nytimes.com
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A re-election must be held this violence cannot continue.
Morris > I agree, a re-election should be held. As for as the violence.. let us pray for peace.