Residents flee from Kenyan slum
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Residents of Kenya's Mathare slum continue to abandon the area after a violent police crackdown.
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A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people Â including children Â were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.
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ONGATA RONGAI, Kenya  - A convoy of shiny, 4 x 4 vehicles roars into the pot-holed main street of a small town, kicking up dust and scattering people in their way.
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GOMA, Congo  - Thousands of civilians have fled  their homes after clashes in the east of the Democratic  Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday, although  it was unclear who was behind the violence.
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Red Cross says unknown number are fleeing homes, caught between Taliban and security forces
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At least seven people were killed in ethnic fighting in Kenya's Rift Valley overnight which sent tens of thousands of people fleeing and dealt a blow to hopes of ending weeks of unrest.
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As Kenya splits along ethnic lines and the body count spirals, desperate residents say they are turning to once-hated gangs for protection.
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NAIVASHA, Kenya  - Past the greenhouses and fields of roses, a chain fence surrounds rows of white tents.
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Thousands of civilians were on Thursday fleeing clashes near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Goma between Rwandan Hutu rebels and unidentified opponents, a senior UN official told AFP.
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Tens of thousands of East Timorese fled their burning capital or sought refuge in churches, embassies and the airport on Sunday as gangs terrorized neighborhoods virtually at will. The United Nations evacuated hundreds of employees.
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Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations' humanitarian arm said on Friday.
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Men sobbed as police unloaded 16 charred bodies at a mortuary in this western Kenyan city. People with machete and arrow wounds overwhelmed the main hospital and were forced to share beds. Hundreds of homeless took shelter at a church.
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They have escaped to the camps of Chad with their lives, but, for the refugees from Sudan, rape and violence stalk their days and haunt their nights.
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Liberian refugees are slowly trickling home after years of living in camps as a brutal civil war raged at home. Mariam Kromah is one of them.
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Kenya is trying to rid itself of one of  the last vestiges of colonial rule.
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Kenyan police battled protesters in blazing slums on Monday after disputed elections returned President Mwai Kibaki to power and triggered turmoil thought to have killed more than 100 people.
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Few places have been so thoroughly gutted by the post-election violence in Kenya as Kisumu, the countryâs third largest city.