Word: kenyan
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...Kofi Annan is coming, he is not coming at our invitation.' JOHN MICHUKI, Kenyan government minister, rejecting international efforts to aid the country's electoral crisis...
...contest pitting the son of a Kenyan against the wife of the man Toni Morrison suggested was "the first black President," it was perhaps inevitable that a battle over race would be joined at some point. It took the form of an arch and insidery back-and-forth between the candidates over the role that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. played in the civil rights movement...
...violence in Kenya continues in the wake of last month’s disputed election, Kenyan students and faculty are putting aside their own views on the political situation there in an effort to provide humanitarian support. About 15 students, faculty, and community members met yesterday to discuss plans for immediate emergency relief and outreach efforts, including a concert in Boston. Since December’s presidential election, more than 700 people have been killed, and thousands more have been displaced. John M. Mugane, a professor of African languages who chaired the meeting, said that the plight of refugees affected...
...work. Mombasa is home to east Africa's largest port, and is traditionally a hub for holiday travel. But, with the decline in tourist arrivals, Kenya's national airline says that it will be forced to limit capacity on its domestic flights to cut costs. Flights from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to Mombasa will be reduced by 1,200 seats, according to Kenya Airways...
...East African neighbors, Kenya has been an example of peaceful democracy. Nevertheless, Kenya’s current unrest is the legacy of its failure to address historical injustices and is a sad reminder of the virulent resentments that longstanding inequalities have inspired. Still, under the right leadership, Kenyans will stop taking justice into their own hands and turn to their leaders to resolve the electoral dispute. But for that to happen, the government and opposition parties need to work together to end the violence, and then create the institutions of justice that can support a new election. The electoral commission?...