NPR: Kenya Blogs: What to Read Right Now

Kenya Blogs: What to Read Right Now

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Reports out of Kenya paint a blood-red scene of a nation under a virtual state of emergency. More than 300 people have been killed in ethnic/tribal/class violence after the contested election of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki.

We're booking guests to talk about this for Thursday's show. For now, I'll drop links to people blogging the story from Kenya. Here's a taste of one, Kenyan Pundit:

Drove to a friend's house less than ten minutes away and had to go through a police checkpoint. Very scary.

I have no news to report. It's a total total blackout. Watching TV feels like watching TV under some crazy dictatorship. I mean we all know that the country is on fire, but KBC is airing Just for Laughs.

And this, from Zax Diary:

People are being burnt alive. Homes are being torched in daylight. Shops are closed. TV and Radio have been in a blackout. Kisumu City has been shut down by KPLC, no one can access Electricity. Tomatoes are going for 20/= a single one in my estate. Eggs are 15/= for a single one. Buses are charging 100/= for my usual 20/= journey. My brother and sister have moved away from our upcountry home because they are scared. Mum and dad are staying with policemen in the house. My friends are asking for airtime in kakamega and Kisumu. 9 people were slaughtered near my upcountry home--and their cows taken! Women are being raped. Children have no food. What the hell is going on?

Other Kenyan blogs and Kenyan blog aggregators, after the jump:

White African
Kenya Imagine
Global Voices, a key aggregator

Insight Kenya
Mashada, "Africa's Online Community"
Afromusing's Flickr set
Thinker's Room
Riba Capital

Laura Conaway

12:02 PM ET | 01- 2-2008 | permalink

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