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Africa Monitor Kenya's election plagued by vote-rigging allegations, despite efforts at transparency
Kenya is still awaiting the results of Monday's presidential election after electronic vote-counting machines malfunctioned, but a repeat of the 2007-08 post-election violence seems unlikely.
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Top Kenyan presidential contender faces trial at Hague
Leading Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta faces trial on charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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Kenya races to transfer ICC election violence case to Africa
The conviction of Liberian President Charles Taylor sent shock waves around Africa. Kenya's President Kibaki wants to move trials of Kenyan politicians to an African, to receive 'fair' justice.
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ICC treads carefully ahead of ruling Monday on Kenyan violence suspects
The International Criminal Court will announce Monday who among six prominent Kenyans will face trial for crimes of humanity in post-election violence in 2008. Will Kenyans support decision?
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Kenyans watch as their leaders take the stand at ICC hearing
Pre-trial hearings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on human rights charges against six Kenyan leaders are must-see TV across Kenya, although support for Hague trial hinges on firm proof of guilt.
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In Pictures: Giant reptiles
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West Africa Rising: Senegal hopes new $450 million airport will make it a world trade hub
Senegal's government wants its new airport to become a 21st-century global hub, but why don't African infrastructure projects link the region's cities to each other better?
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The six men accused of inciting Kenya's post-election violence
Six men were accused in the International Criminal Court Wednesday of crimes against humanity for their role in the ethnic violence that tore apart Kenya following the December 2007 presidential election. Simmering tensions between Kenya's ethnic groups – the Kikuyu majority and Kalenjin and Luo minorities – erupted after incumbent President Mwai Kibaki, a Kikuyu, was declared the winner amid accusations of election fraud. The men below are suspected of helping to incite the violence that left more than 1,000 Kenyans dead.
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In Kenya, the deep pull of land drove grievances – and ethnic violence
For the ethnic Kalenjins of Kenya's Rift Valley, the red, iron-rich soil is something worth fighting for, and many still resent the 'invasion' of other ethnic groups who bought coffee and tea plantations left after British colonial rule.
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Kenya's power-sharing report card: 'unsatisfactory'
One year after ethnic violence tore the African nation apart, the coalition government is moving slowly – or not at all – to address the problems.
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One year after the massacres, Kenya's runners reflect
Grisly stories seem to hang in the air above Kenya's Rift Valley, where many of the country's world-class runners train.
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Out of Kenya's violence, rebirth
Forget tribal tags. This fight is about economic disparity. And it's a crucial catharsis.
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How Kenya came undone
Long-simmering ethnic tensions threaten to tear apart East Africa's most stable, prosperous country.
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The real reason for Kenya's violence
Contrary to popular belief, it isn't simply 'tribal' or 'spontaneous.'
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