Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes amid brutal post-election violence in Kenya that has claimed at least 300 lives and threatens to descend into full-scale tribal conflict.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband issued a joint statement urging Kenya’s political leaders to call for a halt to the violence and engage in a political and legal process to resolve the crisis and ensure a "united and peaceful future" for Kenya.
Yesterday, at least 35 children and adults sheltering in a church near the western town of Eldoret were burnt alive by an angry mob in one of the worst incidents since the December 27 presidential election, which was narrowly won by the incumbent Mwai Kibaki amid allegations of vote-rigging by his defeated opposition challenger, Raila Odinga.