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Post-election violence has now killed at least 250 and forced some 70,000 people to flee their homes in the days since the vote, which has now been recognized by the European Union and the United States as seriously flawed. His opponent, Raila Odinga, has refused to recognize the results; he has the support of the Luo tribe, which makes up about 13% of the country, as well as several smaller tribes. There are now fears that Kenya, a famous tourist destination with a booming economy, is teetering on almost total collapse, and the possibility of genocidal war between...
Odinga's supporters can point to evidence to back up their anger. On Tuesday, the European Union came out with a final assessment that said the elections "were marred by a lack of transparency in the processing and tallying of presidential results, which raises concerns about the accuracy of the final results." Perhaps even more damaging, five members of Kenya's Electoral Commission - which Kibaki had packed with loyalists in the last year - have come forward to demand an inquiry into the vote...
That prompted several observer groups to scrap assessments that the vote was free and fair. The European Union said it had evidence that the vote may have been rigged. On Monday, the U.S., whose State Department at first congratulated Kibaki on his victory, issued a statement through its Nairobi embassy saying it was concerned by "serious problems experienced during the vote counting process." "These included various anomalies with respect to unrealistically high voter turnout rates, close to 100% in some constituencies," it said. Koki Muli, co-chair of a domestic observer group called KEDOF, added: "The electoral process lost credibility...
...conference Wednesday spokesmen for the U.S. military and the American embassy repeatedly said that questions about the raids should be asked of the Turkish and Iraqi governments, not the U.S. military in Iraq. Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner said that American military cooperation with Turkey comes through the U.S.'s European Command; American forces in Iraq are under a separate regional chain of command. Philip Reeker, the U.S. embassy's spokesman, stressed that the raids were "Turkish decisions." He cast the U.S. in the role of observer, saying that it would "continue to watch this situation closely." Over the weekend...
...working under humanitarian cover off lightly. Some local commentators fear the transfer of Zoé's Ark staffers back to France could set off another round of anti-French and anti-government rioting such as that witnessed ahead of the trial. At those riots, Chadians vented anger at white, European suspects receiving deferential treatment ordinary Chadians never would...