An opposition MP has been shot dead by a policeman in Kenya’s Rift Valley today, the second to be killed this week as the country’s violent slide into chaos continues.

Aid agency Goal is back on the ground in Kenya with workers distributing vital supplies to thousands of families left in dire need, it emerged today.

Kenya’s embattled opposition said today that it would turn to economic boycotts and strikes to keep up pressure on President Mwai Kibaki, whom it accuses of rigging the country’s recent election.

KENYAN police battled demonstrators in opposition strongholds with live rounds and tear gas for a second consecutive day yesterday, and the opposition accused police of killing seven protesters.

Demonstrations across Kenya appeared to be winding down tonight after two days of violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police.

Machete-wielding youths clashed with police firing guns and tear gas in Nairobi today on the second day of anti-government protests.

Police shot at least two people dead in clashes with anti-government protesters across Kenya today.

The Catholic bishop of one of the Kenyan towns worst hit by the ethnic clashes said today that the attacks appeared well planned and organised.

World junior champion Linet Masai will miss tomorrow’s Belfast International Cross Country after failing to get a flight from riot-torn Kenya.

International pressure mounted on Kenya today to end the election-fuelled violence that has claimed more than 300 victims.

The head of the African Union travelled to Kenya today for crisis talks hoping to end the election rioting that has killed more than 275 people.

A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge, and witnesses said dozens of people – including children – were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya’s disputed election.

A mob torched a church sheltering hundreds of people fleeing post-election violence in Kenya today, killing up to 50 people, including many children, as four days of rioting and ethnic clashes marked one of the darkest times in the country’s history.

A mob attacked and set fire to a church where hundreds of people had taken refuge from post-election violence, killing at least 15 people today, police and a witness said.

PREDICTABLY, the Kenyan team of athletes returned home from the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham with a clutch of medals and in the process posed fresh problems for one of the least enthusiastic gardeners in Africa.

Kenyan police have rescued 11 teenagers, including at least one Briton, from an Islamic discipline centre where they were chained up and beaten.

Three men have been arrested in Kenya suspected of being linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network.