[Stoat]

Can anyone explain what the elders are complaining about?

From the article:

"Kefa Otiso, a Kenya expert at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, said the use of the photos for political purposes is a sensitive subject because it mocks the generosity of the tribal leaders, who were honoring Obama by dressing him in the clothing of a clan elder. "

Stoat translation:  "Tribal elders see an opportunity to get several thousand head of cattle for free"

[xenophiles]

Thanks, I missed that line. But I still don't see how circulating the photo is mockery.

Another line is even more baffling:

Hussein Ali, a 32-year-old unemployed man outside Jamia Mosque in the capital Nairobi [how lazy can a reporter get?], told Reuters: "Obama's enemies are trying to portray him as a terrorist, saying all Muslims, and especially Somalis, are dangerous men."

This is just silly. Saying that a turban or other traditional Somali clothing is the garb of murderers would indeed be an insult, but nobody said that. Saying that many Americans would believe such an idiotic idea is an insult to Americans, not Somalis, and Clinton's people didn't even say it out loud. (And furthermore, Somali men, like men in many cultures, might be a little insulted if someone said they were not at all dangerous.)