US Envoy Calls Kenya Violence 'Ethnic Cleansing,' Not Genocide
By VOA News
30 January 2008

A senior U.S. diplomat says "ethnic cleansing" is underway in Kenya's Rift Valley in the aftermath of last month's disputed presidential election, but she says the violence does not rise to the level of genocide.

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer told reporters Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that the aim of the violence in the Rift Valley is to push certain people out of the region.

Frazer said the United States is reviewing its aid to Kenya in light of the political turmoil there. the rest

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