Kenya: Post-election unrest leaves at least eleven people dead

Kenyan police have killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests, as anger over the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted, officials say.

However, the NASA opposition coalition, led by four-time presidential hopeful Raila Odinga, put the death toll at more than 100, including 10 children, but did not provide evidence.

Mr Odinga has rejected the poll and its result as “massive” fraud.

The eruption of violence has revived memories of a decade ago, when Mr Odinga, now 72, lost an election in controversial circumstances that sparked a wave of political and ethnic unrest in which 1,200 people were killed and 600,000 displaced.

Kofi Annan, the former UN head who mediated during that crisis, earlier issued a statement warning Kenya’s leaders to “be careful with their rhetoric and actions in this tense atmosphere”.

Source: Kenya: Post-election unrest leaves at least eleven people dead – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)