"NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan police battled thousands of opposition supporters enraged over President Mwai Kibaki's allegedly fraudulent re-election, firing tear gas and live ammunition as the death toll from the violence rose to 125, officials and witnesses said."
"The vote also ignited smoldering resentment between Kenya's two largest tribes, with supporters of Raila Odinga, a Luo who officially came in second, clashing with members of Kibaki's Kikuyu. The head of Kenya's Red Cross said many of the dead were killed in ethnic violence across the country."
The Entire Story
The spark of ethnic-related violence in Kenya not only marks the start of 2008, but the broad spectrum of conflict on the continent. While western media deflects coverage of the genocide in Sudan and focuses on tension in the Middle East from the Bush war, Sub-Saharan Africa is equally ignored and in far worse shape than Iraq or Kuwait or Pakistan.
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