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VIDEO: 'Save our beloved country'
26 Jan 2008 11:04:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jan. 26 - Kenya has seen some of the worst incidents of violence in its recent history since a disputed presidential poll in December.

Hundreds have been killed and around 250,000 people have fled their homes.

Reuters looks at what the country's media and musicians are doing to try to restore peace and help those displaced by fighting.

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A child plays on the floor inside a church, where people displaced during post-election violence are taking shelter, in Nairobi's Kibera slum February 1, 2008. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Kenya ...



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