A mob burned to death 11 people suspected of being witches and wizards in western Kenya, officials said today.

Dozens of armed attackers stormed a village in western Kenya killing at least 13 people, police said today.

KENYA’S rival factions yesterday began tackling the thorniest issues in negotiations to end the bloodshed sparked by disputed elections that have claimed more than 1,000 lives.

Kenya’s opposition leader today called for international peacekeepers to help restore calm in a country once considered one of the most stable on the continent, as weeks of violence linked to the disputed presidential election gathered frightening momentum.

Kenya’s opposition leader today called for the African Union to send peacekeepers to stem violence sparked by the country’s disputed presidential election.

A Kenyan policeman was lynched by a mob of demonstrators today in revenge for the shooting of an MP by another officer.

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 clashes convulsed western Kenya today as gangs fought with crude weapons and set homes ablaze, pushing the death toll from a month of violence over the country’s flawed presidential election to nearly 800.

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 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’s president and his chief rival made key concessions to end the dispute over the country’s elections, calling off protests and agreeing to talks under pressure from the US as the death toll from a week of violence reached nearly 500.

Opposition leaders in Kenya have cancelled tomorrow’s planned nationwide election protests over fears they could re-ignite the violence that has cost almost 500 lives so far.

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.

KENYA needs €200 million to help feed 3.5 million people threatened by starvation due to drought and avoid a “massive humanitarian catastrophe”, the government and the United Nations said yesterday.

Kenya needs more than €200m to provide food, water and other assistance to 3.5 million hit by a drought that has affected parts of the country for a fifth year running, officials said today, warning there is not enough aid to last through next month.

A British farmer was killed and one of his guards severely injured when a gang raided his farm in central Kenya.