CHRONOLOGY-Kenya in crisis after disputed elections

Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:47pm GMT
 
Email | Print | | Single Page
[-] Text [+]

(Reuters) - Five people hiding in a refugee camp in Kenya's Rift Valley were killed on Saturday by opposition supporters in the latest flare-up of violence in one of the regions worst hit by ethnic killings.

Kenya's opposition has said it will resume protests next week over a disputed election, just having finished three days of demonstrations in which at least 23 died.

Here is a chronology of the crisis:

December 27 - Voters elect a new president and parliament. Most opinion polls put Kibaki's opposition rival Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement in the lead.

December 30 - The Electoral Commission of Kenya declares Kibaki winner of the election and he is hurriedly sworn in.

December 31 - The government floods the streets with security forces and maintains a ban on live TV broadcasts after riots convulse the nation.

January 1 - A mob torches a church, killing about 30 villagers.

January 2 - Kibaki's government accuses Odinga's backers of "ethnic cleansing" as the death toll from tribal violence rises.

January 3 - Attorney General Amos Wako calls for an independent investigation into the election.  Continued...

 

Most Popular General News on Reuters UK

  • Articles
  • Videos