Rift Valley 

Kenya

Kenya's Rift Valley burns despite talk of peace

11 months ago

KERICHO, Kenya (Reuters) - Tribal gangs burned homes and tea plantations in Kenya's Rift Valley on Saturday, sending residents fleeing with all they could carry, despite an agreement between feuding politicians to end weeks of bloodshed.

Kenya's Rift Valley burns despite talk of peace

11 months ago

Ethnic tensions have taken on a life of their own despite deal brokered by Annan

US denounces Kenya 'cleansing'

11 months ago

The US envoy to Africa says the violence in Kenya's Rift Valley after December's election was ethnic cleansing.

Riots erupt in Kenya's Kisumu, police fire in air

11 months ago

KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Police fired teargas and bullets in the air on Monday in the western town of Kisumu where protests erupted over the killings during the weekend of people in Kenya's Rift Valley, residents said.

Kenya violence casts gloom over Annan mediation

11 months ago

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethnic violence in Kenya's Rift Valley is undermining attempts by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mediate a crisis that has killed more than 700.