Kenya's Pain

Photographs by Shaul Schwarz / Getty Images for Newsweek
Kenya, until late 2007 one of the more promising nations in sub-Saharan Africa, has become a volatile mix of tribalism and political discontent. The re-election of president Mwai Kibaki in late December led to accusations of ballot-rigging; opposition leader Raila Odinga, pictured on this voter’s necklace, claims he won the ballot. The political dispute has bled into the streets and countryside, instigating ethnic violence against Kibaki’s tribe, the Kikuyu, and more than 600 people have died. Some three weeks after the election, demonstrations by Odinga’s supporters sparked lethal clashes with the police. Here, a photo gallery explores Nairobi’s combustible streets.