Kisumu, Kenya's third-largest city, erupted again Monday as thousands of rioters tore through the streets, burned stores, looted schools and vented their outrage over a spate of ethnically driven killings this past weekend. ...more

January 29, 2008

Naivasha, one of Kenya's most popular vacation spots and a onetime playground for British colonialists, on Sunday became the latest city to suffer from ethnic clashes, raising fears that the violence is spreading into previously calm areas. ...more

January 28, 2008

Men sobbed as police unloaded 16 charred bodies at a mortuary in this western Kenyan city. People with machete and arrow wounds overwhelmed the main hospital and were forced to share beds. Hundreds of homeless took shelter at a church. ...more

January 27, 2008

Authorities have arrested five militants and seized a cache of explosives they say were to be used to attack a religious celebration of minority Shiite Muslims. ...more

January 20, 2008

The U.S. government on Saturday took its toughest position yet on Kenya's disputed elections, calling on Kenya's president and opposition leaders to meet immediately and saying that the election was so flawed, it was impossible to know who really won. ...more

January 13, 2008

This country's president named half his Cabinet on Tuesday, angering opposition leaders who accuse him of stealing the recent election and undermining mediation attempts for a power-sharing agreement to end violence that has left more than 500 dead. ...more

January 9, 2008

Elections in Pakistan will be delayed about a month, after the turmoil sparked by Benazir Bhutto's assassination, despite opposition threats of street protests unless the crucial vote is held next Tuesday as originally planned, a top official said Tuesday. ...more

January 2, 2008

It was difficult to hear Brian Moore over the blaring horns. He appreciates those sounds more than the screaming and cussing to which he has grown accustomed. ...more

January 2, 2008

Oil prices ended the year near $96 a barrel, or 57 percent higher than where they began, and analysts expect rising demand and geopolitical instability to keep upward pressure on energy costs early in 2008. ...more

January 1, 2008

It was difficult hearing Brian Moore over the blaring horns. He appreciates those sounds more than the screaming and cussing to which he has grown accustomed. ...more

December 30, 2007