Jan 2, 2008
Fifty burnt to death in Kenya church
NAIROBI: A mob torched a church sheltering hundreds of people fleeing post-election violence today, killing up to 50 people - including many children. The deaths occurred as four days of rioting and ethnic clashes marked one of the darkest times in Kenya's history.President Mwai Kibaki, sworn in on Sunday after a vote opponents said was rigged, said political parties should meet immediately and publicly call for calm. The violence has killed at least 270 people in what had been east Africa's most stable and prosperous democracy.
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