Kenya's death toll nears 800 as violence spirals out of control
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Despite UN's Kofi Annan going to Kenya to attempt to intervene and bring some sort of peaceful resolution to the fighting, the total death toll is close to 800 and climbing. Just last night, 19 people were burned in their homes or hacked to death in the popular tourist town of Naivasha, 65 miles from Nairobi.
The month-long violence, in which nearly 800 people have died, was sparked by the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki, has now changed into a raw ethnic conflict pitting mainly Kalenjins and Luos, who supported the opposition, against Kibaki's Kikuyu community.
The month-long violence, in which nearly 800 people have died, was sparked by the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki, has now changed into a raw ethnic conflict pitting mainly Kalenjins and Luos, who supported the opposition, against Kibaki's Kikuyu community.
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