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Over 300 killed in Kenya violence
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Source: CCTV.com | 01-03-2008 13:23
Violence continues in Kenya following last weekend's disputed presidential election.
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People walk across an area where shops were |
The government and the opposition blame each other for the violence, which has revealed ethnic rivalries and killed over three hundred people.
Hundreds have fled tribal clashes in western Kenya.
The death toll continues to rise after President Mwai Kibaki took office for another term.
Human rights groups say 70-thousand have been displaced in five days of violence.
Hundreds of people have fled tribal clashes in western Kenya. They, along with expatriates and foreign aid workers, chose neighboring countries as destinations.
US Aid Worker, said, "The word I hear more than any other word is Rwanda. They feel that fear of tribe turning against tribe and of the consequences that would happen if that comes."
Some families from western Kenya have flown to Nairobi. Many of them carried only basic belongings on small planes, abandoning most of what they have.
Roads in the capital have been re-opened and a steady stream of people go about their business although the city remains quieter than usual.
Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga and newly-elected President Mwai Kibaki accuse one another of rigging the results of last weekend's presidential election.
Both sides also say the other is fueling ethnic violence.
President Kibaki wants the political parties to meet immediately to end the violence.
But Odinga refuses to meet unless Kibaki concedes defeat in the election. Odinga has vowed to go ahead with a mass protest rally.
Editor:Zhang Pengfei
