With South Africa’s ruling party having dumped its leader, now on to the Kenyan elections where the incumbent — the ‘reformer’ Mwai Kibaki — could also be without a job by the end of this year (elections are scheduled for December 27, 2007). At least 9 candidates are running, but it is really a 2-person race between Kibaki and his former ally, Raile Odinga.
In a story yesterday the U.S. National Public Radio went big on the drama (‘a political thriller’ and references to American elections), in a story by its Nairobi correspondent. You can either read or listen to the story here and get some background here.
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