Scuffles at Kenya election count centre after presidential poll

A weary electoral worker rests her head on ballot boxes (Ben Curtis/PA)

Kenya’s peaceful presidential election saw a brief disruption when riot police responded to scuffles at the national tallying centre amid tensions over the close results.

An agent for long-time opposition leader and candidate Raila Odinga announced from the lectern that the tallying centre was the “scene of a crime” before calm was restored.