RIGHTS: Europe Exports Death With Ease

One of the most horrific incidents that followed Kenya's disputed presidential election was the burning to death of 30 people taking refuge in a church in Eldoret.

KENYA: Violence Threatens Progress in HIV/AIDS Fight

In what has been labeled an "emergency within an emergency", thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS who have been displaced by Kenya's recent political violence are struggling to access their life-saving antiretroviral drugs, reported the World AIDS Campaign this week.

POLITICS: Kenya, Chad New Danger Zones for U.N. Workers

The United Nations, which recently expressed serious concern over the safety of its staff in Algeria and Sudan, is grappling with security issues in two new danger zones: Kenya and Chad.

KENYA: The Media Is Not Innocent

The media was partly blamed for the Rwandan genocide 14 years ago which left nearly one million people dead in 100 days. "Kill the Inkotanyi [cockroaches]!" a local radio station urged its listeners at the time.

Q&A: “Mum, Were We Meant to Suffer All Our Lives?”

The post-election violence here has turned nearly 500,000 Kenyans into internally displaced persons (IDPs). Caught up in this unrest are refugees from neighbouring countries - such as Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia - who sought refuge in Kenya but now find themselves destitute once again.

EUROPE: Dubious Aid Handed to Kenya

Just one day after Kenya's bitterly disputed presidential election took place in December, Nairobi received an aid payment worth nearly 41 million euros (60.5 million dollars) from the European Union.

POLITICS: Kenya’s Problem Goes Beyond Ethnicity and Elections

There is more to Kenya’s post-election violence than a bungled vote count and so-called tribal rivalries. As protests degenerate into organised ethnic violence in Rift Valley towns and countryside, the root-cause of the unrest lies elsewhere.

KENYA: Reports of Bodies Piled In Morgue Spur Anger, Grief

Reports that more than 200 bodies of Kisii people have not been identified for burial in neighbouring Kericho district has sparked anger in the community which has been taking care of thousands of internally displaced persons since post-election violence broke out four weeks ago.

KENYA: Media’s Role in the Election Fallout

As Kenya’s tenth parliament met for the first time last week, the violence that rocked the country after the announcement of Mwai Kibaki as the presidential winner in the Dec. 2007 elections had largely died down. But the country is bracing for more violence and turmoil.

KENYA: Women Stood Up to Be Elected

Women boldly stood up to be elected during December’s general elections. They turned out in their highest number ever - 269 - to contest Kenya’s 210 parliamentary seats.

POLITICS-KENYA: State Overpowering People

Post-election politics in Kenya has become a war of attrition, and President Mwai Kibaki seems to be winning it, the cost to the image and economy of the country notwithstanding.

POLITICS-KENYA: Combative Balloting for Speaker

After weeks of the opposition accusing the government of rigging the Dec. 27 presidential elections in favour of the incumbent Mwai Kibaki, the two sides met Tuesday in the House to choose a speaker to steer the business of Kenya’s tenth parliament.

KENYA: Senior Women Editors Campaign For Peace

The story of a 12-year-old girl stabbed by her 14-year-old neighbour just because their parents supported different presidential candidates in the Dec. 27 elections will hardly make headlines here. Neither will the story of a woman in President Mwai Kibaki’s backyard sheltering about 100 workers who have fled the post-election violence.

KENYA: Businesses Suffering in Election’s Wake

Joseph Ombui, standing in his barely stocked shop, looks anxiously at his customers every time he responds, "Out of stock. Please try next week."

POLITICS-KENYA: Annan&#39s Weighty Terms of Engagement

Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan has his work cut out for him as Kenya 's tenth parliament is due to convene Tuesday amid calls from the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) for a 3-day mass protest beginning Wednesday.

RIGHTS-KENYA: Plight of Kisii Refugees Grim

A group of men who a couple of weeks ago were busy at work huddle together idle. They have grown tired of rehashing tales of their horrendous experiences at the hands of their hitherto neighbours and friends. Now they watch the entrance to the church here, in the hope that any visitor brings something to silence their rumbling stomachs.

POLITICS-KENYA: Kibaki Spoils Reconciliation Bid

When Kenya’s controversially re-elected president, Mwai Kibaki, appeared on national television to address the nation Tuesday evening, hopes were that he would address the humanitarian crisis his country faces in the wake of post- election tribal violence and hold out an olive branch to his rival Raila Odinga.

Q&A: In Kisii, Kenya, "Food Shortages, Because People Are Afraid To Buy Supplies"

A few days ago, IPS East Africa Correspondent Kwamboka Oyaro was obliged to travel to Kisii in western Kenya on urgent family business. Coming just after the Dec. 27 general elections, the timing of the trip was unfortunate; but, we said to ourselves, she'd be back in Nairobi shortly afterwards.

/UPDATE/POLITICS-KENYA: Mediation to Address Election Crisis Planned

Opposition officials have postponed a gathering that was supposed to take place Thursday in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, this after police clashed with demonstrators as they tried to make their way to Uhuru Park for the rally.

POLITICS-KENYA: Voters Reaffirm Democracy; Now It&#39s the Politicians&#39 Turn

Kenya's presidential, parliamentary and local council polls on Thursday were far from perfect. The main opposition candidate for the presidency and favourite to win the election could not locate his name in the voters' register in a constituency he has represented for the past 15 years.

POLITICS-KENYA: For Women, Elections May Be the Milestone That Wasn&#39t

General elections are underway in Kenya, marking the end of a titanic struggle between incumbent President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, heading the Party of National Unity and the Orange Democratic Movement, respectively.