Full Coverage: Kenya

30.01.2008 Thousands of streetchildren are caught up in Kenya's post-election violence, according to a consortium of British charities who say they are totally overwhelmed by events.
From Consortium for streetchildren

30.01.2008 Statement by women's organisations on the post-election crisis in Kenya.
From Pambazuka news

29.01.2008 With government-opposition talks organised by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan due to take place in Kenya today, an MP of the Orange Democratic Movement was shot dead and two Kenyan military helicopters opened fired above a crowd threatening members of the Luo tribe sheltering at a police post.
+ Paralysis as roads cut off in fresh violence

27.01.2008 Another 23 Kenyans have been killed in Nakuru, bringing the death toll to 35 since violence erupted in the town two days ago.
From The Standard

26.01.2008 Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has criticised "gross and systematic human rights abuses" in Kenya and the urged the government to increase security.
From The Nation

24.01.2008 Charlie Clements, president of a human rights organization, travels to Kenya to assess the political and humanitarian crisis that has engulfed Kenya, and meets the heroes it has produced.

24.01.2008 Globally, 13 percent of maternal deaths result from abortion-related complications, but in Kenya it's as high as 40 percent -- and many women's rights advocates are drawing a direct link between this devastating reality and the effect U.S. reproductive-health policies have in other countries.

21.01.2008 A leading medical charity has set up a free phone hotline for Kenyan patients experiencing difficulty in getting treatment during the post-election political crisis.

20.01.2008 Kenya's Orange Democratic Party has retreated from a promise made only hours before and announced a new round of mass action against the disputed presidential election results, including economic sabotage of companies whose directors are perceived to be close allies of President Kibaki.

17.01.2008

17.01.2008 Fourteen key donors to Kenya have threatened to cut aid to the Government if the political crisis is not resolved.
From Daily Nation

16.01.2008 With traditional media in many ways blocked from covering the post-election crisis in Kenya, a host of activists and journalists are using innovative tools from cyberspace, or Web 2.0, to produce on-the-ground reports.

15.01.2008 The day before former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrives in Kenya to mediate in Kenya's post-election political crisis, the country faces another litmus test as Parliament prepares another high stakes political game — electing the House Speaker.

13.01.2008 Thousands of Kenyan students will not be able to attend school when the new term opens on Monday because of the recent violence that rocked the country.
From Daily Nation

11.01.2008 Kenyan slum dwellers whose homes and livelihoods were destroyed in recent violence are calling for international help to support their local peace initiatives and plans to rebuild the devastated communities.

11.01.2008 The anticipated face-to-face talks between President Kibaki of Kenya and opposition leader Raila Odinga failed to take place yesterday.
+ World Bank Memo Supporting Kibaki Stirs Controversy

10.01.2008 Are think-tanks staffed by scientists a luxury that only rich nations can afford? Ehsan Masood meets the founders of four institutes that set out to help developing countries to think for themselves.
From Nature News

08.01.2008 The unfolding political tragedy in Kenya casts fresh light on the Jacob Zuma "tsunami" and on South Africa's wider political compromise, says Roger Southall.
From openDemocracy
+ OneWorld Guide to South AfricA

08.01.2008 The violence spurred by allegedly flawed electoral results has brought Kenya's economy to a standstill and threatens economic instability among its neighboring landlocked countries, which rely heavily on Kenyan ports and trade.
From: The Nation (Nairobi)

07.01.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 7 (OneWorld) - Amid fears that ongoing violence could take many more human lives in Kenya, rights activists are calling for the government in Nairobi to allow an independent investigation of the presidential poll results.