15/05/2013

ICG publishes: Kenya After the Elections




Kenya After the Elections

Nairobi/Brussels  |   15 May 2013

Though the 2013 general elections were relatively peaceful, Kenya is still deeply divided and ethnically polarised.
Kenya
“The new government has the opportunity to usher in an era of peace and socio-economic development that would benefit all communities and unite the country”
EJ Hogendoorn, Crisis Group’s Africa Program Deputy Director



Read here: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2013/africa/kenya-after-the-elections.aspx?utm_source=kenya-sm&utm_medium=2&utm_campaign=sm

Kenya After the Elections, the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group,examines the 4 March elections that saw Jubilee Coalition’s Uhuru Kenyatta declared president. Despite various shortcomings and allegations of irregularities, Kenyans averted a repeat of the 2007-2008 post-election violence. However, the conflict drivers that triggered the 2007 bloodshed, including a culture of impunity, land grievances, corruption, ethnic tensions, weak institutions and regional and socio-economic inequality,have yet to be addressed adequately.

Full report: http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/africa/horn-of-africa/kenya/b094-kenya-after-the-elections.pdf


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