Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Kenya Oil Deposits Fuel Inter-Communal Conflicts

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More than two years after Kenya struck oil for the first time in its northern-most county, Turkana, the two ethnic groups that live on either side of the oil reserves are engaging in violent, often deadly, armed conflict. For centuries, they have vied for land and access to water points, but now they want a stake in the oil wealth. In the south of the county, the Turkana community is living in fear of attacks from the neighboring Pokots. On an early morning in the south of Turkana,...

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