Kenya on the brink?
By Guardian Exclusive
25 October 2017 |
5:14 am
Kenya's disputed presidential election has set the nation on the brink. President Uhuru Kenyatta has snubbed a crisis meeting called by the electoral body ahead of the Presidential election re-run.
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