SUSPECTED robbers have broken into the home of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s grandmother in a Kenyan village, local media said on yesterday.

SCORES of jubilant villagers trooped to Sarah Obama’s home in western Kenya yesterday to savour her grandson’s victory as US Democratic party presidential nominee.

Kenyan politicians were behind the violence that killed more than 1,000 people following the country’s disputed presidential election, a watchdog group declared today.

Reports of a peace deal between Kenya’s rival political factions were described as premature by former UN head Kofi Annan today.

AS PRESIDENTS’ grandmothers go, she would certainly have some unique and sound words of advice for White House staff.

DAVID MORAA was born at 8am on Friday, weighing nearly eight pounds, to a happy mother and some 9,000 neighbours in a field.

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.

Ethnic bloodbath leaves thousands stranded, Juno McEnroe reports from the Rift Valley, Kenya.

Fresh riots broke out on the streets of Kenya's capital Nairobi today after an opposition politician was murdered by gunmen at his home.

AS DUSK settled hordes of villagers wielding wooden planks, rocks and metal wire lined the road into town.

EU foreign ministers today threatened to cut aid to Kenya unless its rival political factions agree to a power-sharing pact and restore stability.

Rival tribes wielding machetes, clubs and rocks clashed in Kenya’s resort town of Naivasha today, as the death toll from a month of ethnic violence topped the 800 mark.

Police fired tear gas to break up pro-government demonstrations in Kenya today in advance of the arrival of former UN chief Kofi Annan on a peacemaking mission.

KENYAN President Mwai Kibaki’s government last night warned opposition supporters it would crack down on planned protests against his disputed poll win, after it lashed out at critics, including Britain’s ambassador.

The final day of organised protests across Kenya saw violence erupt near the country’s Masai Mara game reserve for the first time.

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.

Street protests were set to resume in Kenya today after police fired tear gas and live bullets to halt the first day of mass rallies across the country.

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

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki, addressing countrymen who fled blazing homes and mobs wielding machetes and arrows, has rejected demands for a new election or recount.

Kenya will face a health emergency within days if the wave of political violence in the east African state is not halted, a UK-based charity warned today.

Dozens of people were feared dead today in the violence that erupted following Kenya’s presidential election.

Thousands of people angry about the slow return of results waved machetes and looted shops in Kenya today as President Mwai Kibaki closed the gap on the opposition in the closest presidential election in the country’s history.

Kenya’s opposition declared victory today in the presidential election on the basis of partial results as tensions over the vote erupted into violence in Nairobi and opposition strongholds.