Kenya electoral crisis

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Web links

This is a selection of websites dealing with the electoral crisis in Kenya. Many more items are available online on websites and in discussion forums. More links are found in the link collection A Guide to Africa on the Internet, which are related to this topic.

Kenya i kaos

A resource page on the situation in Kenya from the RORG-network, a network of Norwegian NGOs engaged in Development Education in Norway. Offers articles and links to news articles in Norwegian newspapers on-line. (In Norwegian) 

Selected online articles and reports

"A short note on Kenya and early warning signals" (11 February 2008) by Göran Holmqvist, former Director General of Sida, published by the Nordic Africa Institute. Download from the publications database DiVA.

"Kenya: More Pressure Needed to Stop Violence" (1 February 2008), editor's note, AfricaFocus Bulletin.

"Demokratin står på spel i Afrika" (31 January 2008), article by Helena Bjuremalm, working for Sida in Nairobi, published in Upsala Nya Tidning. (In Swedish)

"The Consequences of Failure" (12 February 2008), article by Martin Kimani, member of Concerned Kenyan Writers.

"Kenya – Bakgrunn og analyse" (14 January 2008), article by Kjell Havnevik, senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, published in Bistandsaktuelt and by the Nordic Africa Institute.

"Kenya's agony" (8 January 2008), article by David Anderson, Director of the African Studies Centre in the University of Oxford, published by the Royal Africa Society.

"Time to show greatness" (7 January 2008), article by Wangari Maathai, Nobel peace laureate 2004 and former member of the Kenyan parliament, published in The Guardian.

"Kenya on the brink" (January 2008), article by David Anderson, Director of the African Studies Centre in the University of Oxford, published in the Prospect Magazine.