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Kenya Teeters On Brink Of Civil War
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jan 02, 2008 11:09am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Wednesday, January 2, 2008 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | (CBS/AP) The death toll from more than five days of post-election violence in Kenya rose above 300, rights groups said Wednesday as slums burned and thousands were left homeless.
The violence was sparked by charges President Mwai Kibaki stole his way to re-election - even his elections chief was quoted Wednesday as saying he could not be sure who won. The political rift quickly took on a tribal element in what has been one of Africa's most stable democracies.
"Kenya has been thrown into chaos. There is little evidence here of any government at all. All across the country there is fear and distress, CBS News reporter Katherine Arms reports from Nairobi.
"What has taken more than 40 years to build in independence has been wiped out in days," Arms reports.
In one of the worst attacks, a mob set fire to a church Tuesday in a town about 185 miles northwest of Nairobi where people from Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe had taken refuge. There were conflicting accounts about how many people died. The Kenya Red Cross said in a statement it retrieved 17 bodies from the smoldering church, but other witnesses put the toll at up to 50. |
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