International: Kenya

Life in Kenya remains a daily struggle months after post-election violence killed more than 800 people and forced some 300,000 from their homes following the contested re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. Around the world, the elections of December 2007 were widely viewed as flawed, with observers stating they did not meet regional or international standards. Subsequent protests escalated into ethnic violence and property destruction and today the nation is ruled by Kibaki and opposition candidate Raila Odinga, who became the nation's second prime minister