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An internally displaced Kenyan woman sits with her belongings outside Kenya Air Force Base after fleeing her home in the Mathare slum in the outskirts of the capital Nairobi
08 Nov 2006
Source: Reuters

 
An internally displaced Kenyan woman sits with her belongings outside the Kenya Air Force Base after fleeing her home in the Mathare slum, one of the largest and poorest slums in Africa, in the outskirts of the capital Nairobi, November 8, 2006. Five people were killed in a Kenyan slum after fighting broke out between two outlawed groups over extortion, police said on Tuesday, adding that two of them were killed by police who tried to quell the violence.
REUTERS/ANTONY NJUGUNA


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