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US diplomat says Kenya violence
is ethnic cleansing
Written by Biddoh Administrator
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Nairobi - The "top" US diplomat in Africa, Jendayi Frazier, says
that some of the violence in Kenya has been ethnic cleansing. She
came to his conclusion after meeting with many of the victims. The
assistant secretary of state for African affairs said that entire
communities in the Rift valley were forced to leave the area.
Those who refused were killed.
Kenyan police have been instructed to shoot to kill looters and
arsonists, but also people carrying guns or erecting roadblocks.
On Tuesday violence flared up again after the death of opposition
MP Mugabe Were who was shot outside his house in Nairobi.
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is in Nairobi to mediate
after earlier attempts failed. Both President Mwai Kibaki and
opposition leader Raila Odinga claim victory in last month's
presidential elections. More than 850 people have been killed in
the ensuing violence.
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'Ethnic cleansing' in Kenya:
US envoy
30 January 2008 - 20:27 - FOCUS News Agency
Addis Abeba. The violence in Kenya triggered by last month's
contested presidential elections has involved acts of "ethnic
cleansing," the United States' top Africa envoy said Wednesday,
quoted by AFP.
"There was ethnic cleansing in Kenya. I listened to the victims,"
US Undersecretary of State Jendayi Frazier said on the sidelines
of preparatory meetings for an African Union summit in Addis
Abeba.
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