Escape from Kenya
February 5th 2008 On Wednesday last week, our friend and colleague at GWU was forced to flee from Kisumu, Kenya to Uganda. The escalating violence following the election there has now spread into general tribal warfare between the Kikuyu and the Luo people. The President, Kibaki, is Kikuyu, while the opposition leader, Reila Odinga, is Luo. According to one friend, the issue of circumcision underlies the conflict,
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