Obama Gets Involved in Kenya Crisis

AP ^ | Jan. 7 2008 | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY

[Aristotelian]

ELDORET, Kenya) — U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama phoned Kenya's opposition leader as diplomatic attempts to end Kenya's political crisis intensified Tuesday.

The death toll from a week of violence after President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election has reached nearly 500, according to the government, though the opposition claimed the death toll could be up to 1,000. On Monday, Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga made key concessions under U.S. pressure.

Obama — a Democratic Party candidate who is of Kenyan descent — called Odinga late Monday or early Tuesday, said Odinga's spokesman, Salim Lone.

"He called to express grave concern over the election outcome," Lone told The Associated Press. "He also said he was going to call Mr. Kibaki."

The top American envoy to Africa said Monday that the vote count at the heart of the dispute was tampered with but that both sides could have been involved. The Dec. 27 election returned Kibaki to power for another five-year term. Odinga came in a close second

[dervish]

I’m skeptical of your interpretation because “tribal” is often code for religious, and the Western press and leftists let Arabs/Muslims hide behind that code name for fear of inflaming anti-Muslim sentiment.

Check this out

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sudan+tribal+darfur

[Pining_4_TX]

Ah, just what we need - to get entangled in the never-ending violence and corruption in Africa.