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Political solution to Kenya crisis needed

Women displaced by violence, including one who fled a torched church where at least 18 people died, carry belongings towards Eldoret, Western Kenya, January 3, 2008. REUTERS/Georgina Cranston; courtesy of www.alertnet.org

Concern says a peaceful resolution to the crisis in Kenya must be found as a matter of urgency. This is what ordinary Kenyans, civil society organisations, the media and the business sector there are calling for.

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