Photo: #A member of the Kikuyu tribe living in the Kibera slum of Nairobi walks away from Kenyan police during ethnic clashes in Nairobi.
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A member of the Kikuyu tribe living in the Kibera slum of Nairobi walks away from Kenyan police during ethnic clashes in Nairobi. (Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Ethnic violence worsens in Kenya

Broadcast: Midmorning, 01/30/2008, 9:45 a.m.

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan begins mediating the crisis in Kenya, but is it too late to stop the violence? Ethnic conflict following a disputed presidential election has left hundreds of people dead.

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  • Makau Mutua: Interim dean of the University of Buffalo Law School and chair of the Kenya Human Rights Commission.
  • Stephen Morrison: Director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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