All Hell Breaks Loose in Kenya
Filed under: Africa
Mobs are running wild in the streets of Kenya. The New York Times reports: "On Saturday, hundreds of men prowled a section of the city with six-foot iron bars, poisoned swords, clubs, knives and crude circumcision tools. Boys carried gladiator-style shields and women strutted around with sharpened sticks. The police were nowhere to be found." AFP notes: "Around 800 people have been killed and some 260,000 others displaced across the country since the disputed poll on December 27 touched off a wave of deadly rioting and ethnic killings."
Once again the United Nations has proven itself utterly impotent if not counterproductive as its former chief Kofi Annan (shown above meeting with the leaders of the two opposing camps) flails helplessly with a cadre of African leaders to restore order. Annan stated that on touring the country he witnessed "gross and systematic human rights abuses" and then babbled nonsensically: "Impunity can not be allowed to stand." He refused to stay in the country long-term to work on the problem, and things only got worse after the symbolic meeting he arranged between the two sides.
He's completely useless, as is the UN. Time for a new paradigm?
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