Police kill more protesters in second day of Kenya democracy demonstrations – the UN asks for money, and donors threaten aid cuts

Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Marian Houk

Police used life ammunition to suppress protesters in a second day of demonstrations to protest what they believe were fraud and irregularities in the recent presidential election in Kenya.
On the first day of the demonstrations, the AP reported that “Police firing tear gas and bullets halted protests Wednesday, blocking mass rallies the opposition hoped would [...]

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Forced adult circumcision — often deadly – is part of Kenya’s post-election violence

Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Marian Houk

Forced adult circumcision as a method of terror — and often, execution leading to death — in Kenya’s post-electoral violence is now entering the annals of horror stories almost too horrible to contemplate.
The lining up of people in Sierra Leone to wait to have their hand(s) or arm(s) amputated — the hand that they might [...]

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