Revenge Killings Stoke a Violent Cycle in Kenya. Tribal Gangs Spread Deadly Confrontations Across ... They hunted down and hacked to death people from opposition leader Raila Odinga's Luo tribe, ...

NAIROBI, KENYA — When Gabriel Okelo rose early Thursday to join a banned opposition rally, he did not take his machete. But he was sure he would be using it to kill again very soon. Just the day ...

Last week's election pitched incumbent President Mwai Kibaki, a member of Kenya's largest Kikuyu tribe, against opposition leader Raila Odinga of the Luo tribe. The Kikuyu make up about 22 percent ...

Kenya's recent presidential election unleashed turmoil that has so far claimed more than 500 lives and displaced thousands of people. Blame has been pinned on Kenya's ethnic divisions: The Luo ...

Ethnic violence last year following a disputed presidential election in Kenya ended with the two candidates settling into a power-sharing agreement. Even now, ordinary Kenyans are trying to ...

Like Odinga and Barack Obama’s father, the election observer was from the Luo tribe. With dozens of tribes in Kenya, ethnicity takes precedence over “issues” in voting.

Kenya has been one of the most stable democracies in Africa since the 1960s. ... Mr. Odinga and Mr. Obama’s father were both from the Luo community, the second-largest tribe in Kenya, ...