Last reviewed: 28-07-2009
The
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre's Kenya section takes a broad look at conflict, land issues and displacement.
The
Kenya Red Cross Society is one of the main aid agencies that responded to the latest post-election violence, as well as other clashes over resources.
The
Kenya Human Rights Commission has news and information on human rights programmes and developments in different regions of the country.
International relief agency Medecins Sans Frontieres issued a mid-2008 report on the violence in Mount Elgon,
Mount Elgon: Does Anybody Care?
MarsKenya is an anti-corruption lobbying group. Its website has a lot of material relating to politics, corruption scandals and civil society.
The U.N. news agency
IRIN has a good selection of humanitarian news stories and features on Kenya.
For a selection of news from regional media, try the Kenya section on
allafrica.com.
Here are some reports covering the violence that erupted following the December 2007 elections:
For detail on the roots of the crisis have a look at this analysis published on openDemocracy which dissects the political relationships between different ethnic groups since independence.
This January 2008 Reuters video report gives an overview of the crisis.
International Crisis Group produced a very comprehensive overview of the political crisis and the humanitarian situation at the end of February 2008.
ReliefWeb posted maps with details of post election displacement in January 2008 and April 2009.
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