Kenyan presidential inauguration marred by violence
By Reuters
28 November 2017 |
1:46 pm
Police fire tear gas at opposition protesters to prevent them for entering a stadium in Nairobi where President Uhuru Kenyatta was being sworn in for a second five-year term.
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