A Massacre in a Kenyan Church

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1699181,00.html?iid=sphere-inline-bottom





The violence that has rocked Kenya since its controversial presidential election last week reached a horrific level on Tuesday when 50 people, including women and children, were burned alive in a church in the country's west after they had sought sanctuary there from a mob infuriated over the allegedly stolen vote. The victims in the city of Eldoret were from the Kikuyu tribe, which makes up about 22% of the country and backed President Mwai Kibaki's bid for a second term. Kibaki had claimed victory by a margin of a little over 200,000 after several suspicious moves appeared to erase his rival's huge lead in the count.

Post-election violence has now killed at least 250 and forced some 70,000 people to flee their homes in the days since the vote, which has now been recognized by the European Union and the United States as seriously flawed. His opponent, Raila Odinga, has refused to recognize the results; he has the support of the Luo tribe, which makes up about 13% of the country, as well as several smaller tribes. There are now fears that Kenya, a famous tourist destination with a booming economy, is teetering on almost total collapse, and the possibility of genocidal war between Kikuyus and their allies on one side and the Luo-affiliated tribes, who supported Odinga. "We never expected the savagery to go so far," police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said in Nairobi.

A New Burst of Killings in Kenya

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1707857,00.html





Even as Kenya's President and main opposition leader launched negotiations aimed breaking their violent political impasse, the crisis reached a troubling new low with news that a recently elected member of parliament had been gunned down outside his home. At the same time, a new wave of ethnic violence has broken out across the country.

Still trying to increase your post count by resurrecting
these vintage threads Jasin?    How sad.

   

AusGeoff wrote on Mar 10^th, 2024 at 4:13am:


The moron just wants attention, Geoff. Don’t give it to her.

freediver wrote on Jan 30^th, 2008 at 11:17am:

freediver is spelled f r e e d iv e r
'freediver' two words free and diver. sometimes with a hyphen.
Example 'the free-diver in Kenya hit rock-bottom'

Thanks robot or jasin or robot-Adolf or spambot.
[I was defending your good name]

how many in a chimera?
correct answer: 3

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