Shaul Schwarz

Kenya

The scale and speed of the violence that engulfed Kenya fallowing the controversial presidential election of December 27, 2007 shocked Kenyans and the world at large. Two months of bloodshed left over 1000 dead and close to half a million internally displaced persons in a country viewed as a bastion of economic and political stability in a volatile area. With a final agreement that made Rila Odinga Prime Minster the violence finally stooped but tension is still extremely high.

Kenyan riot police look up as stones come flying towards them from demonstrators during intense clashes in the Kibera slums of Niarobi.
  
Kenyan riot police charge towards demonstrators during intense clashes in the Kibera slums of Niarobi.
  
A supporter of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga demonstrate as he emerges out of the smoke of a burning tire in the Kibera slums.
     
  
Kenyan riot police kick open doors as they search for supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga hiding after breaking up a violent clash with them in the slum of Kibera.
   
A supporter of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga demonstrates as next to a burning tire in the Kibera slums.
  
Blood comes out of the hand of a demonstrator after a gas grenade blew up near him during clashes in the Kibera slums.
     
  
Riot police patrol charge down a street as they try and push back demonstrators in the Mathari slum, Nairobi.
   
A resident of the Mathare slum of Nairobi tries to get away from Kenyan police as they point their guns at him during clashes in the slum city.
  
A resident of the Mathare slum of Nairobi gets beat by Kenyan police during clashes in the slum city.
     
  
A supporter of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga screams during a demonstration on the second day of attempts to disperse renewed protests, in the Kibera slums Nairobi, Kenya.
   
Kenyan GSU a special police force patrol the streets of Mathare slum , more than 30 people were killed in the slum as it become one of the hot spots of fighting triggered by the elections.
   
People wait online in front of the gates of the Kenyan Red Cross during a food distribution in the Mathare slum in Nairob.
     
  
Hundreds of hungry residents of Kibera slums fight over food and clothing at a church where Kenya Red Cross, came to distribute goods after bitter week of violence in Nairobi.
   
A man caries bags of flour during a food distribution at the Kibera slums after a bitter week of violence in Nairobi.
   
Hundreds of hungry people wait on line for Kenya Red Cross to distribute goods in a village south of Eldoret.
     
  
Displaced Kikuyu people wait on line for medical attention at the Nakuru show. Some 250,000 people fled their homes after violence broke out over the December elections.
  
People run as relief aid trucks from the Kenyan Red Cross arrived to distribute food in the Mathare slum in Nairobi.
   
A policeman swings a rope to push people back as relief aid trucks from the Kenyan Red Cross arrived to distribute food in the Mathare slum in Nairobi.
     
  
Hundreds of hungry residents of Kibera slums fight over food and clothing at a church where Kenya Red Cross, came to distribute goods after a week of bitter violence.
  
Hundreds of hungry residents of Kibera slums fight over food and clothing at a church where Kenya Red Cross, came to distribute goods after a week of bitter violence.
  
A man looks for goods near a building that has been looted and burned in Kibera slum in Nairobi.
     
  
A burned boy sits in a wheelchair in the hospital after he was burned at Kenya Assemblies of God Church in Eldoret, western Kenya. At least 35 people were burnt to death in the church where they had taken shelter from tribal clashes sparked by disputed presidential elections.
   
A Kenyan man and woman lay dead on the ground after they were shot by Kenyan police during clashes in the Kibera slums.
  
A funeral of a man killed in the violence in Nairobi, over a thousand people were killed in violence sparked fallowing the December elections.
     
  
Resident of the Mathare slum of Nairobi show off a knife as they clash with Kenyan police in violence sparked fallowing the December elections.
   
Riot police hit a man while hes already on the ground during clashes in the Mathari slums
  
Riot police chase a man in down town Nairobi as supporters of Kenya's Opposition leader Raila Odinga took to the street causing down town Nairobi to become a seen of clashes and mayhem.
     
  
A woman selling vegetables folds her good after riot police shot tear gas in down town Nairobi as supporters of Kenya's Opposition leader Raila Odinga took to the street causing down town Nairobi to become a seen of clashes and mayhem.
  
A Kenyan man lays on the ground, surrounded by riot police, after the have found a knife on him.
  
Kenyan Riot charge towards odinga supporters demonstrating in the slum of Kibera.
     
  
A woman stands by her house as she is confronted by riot police searching the Kibera slums for supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga demonsraters during clashes in the slum.
   
A resident of the Mathare slum of Nairobi shows a necklace of Rila Odinga during clashes with Kenyan police.
   
Opposition leader Rila Odinga who is considered to be the” peoples leader” sits for a portrait at his house.
     
  
Kenyan riot police patrol the streets of Kibera slums for supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga.
   
A Kenyan man and woman lay dead on the ground after they were shot by Kenyan police during clashes in the Kibera slums.