Journalist Aaron Lewis reports on the post-election unrest sweeping Kenya, which has already killed 1,000 people and displaced up to 350,000.
Western powers and Kenya's east African neighbors have complained of irregularities in the presidential vote count, which the Opposition leader Raila Odinga says was rigged. However others strongly deny widespread accusations of vote rigging.
"The election was fair. We have serious misgivings about the way the opposition handled things, and the way that the Electoral Commission of Kenya made the announcement, but we are certain president Kibaki won", says Alfred Mutua, a spokesperson for the newly elected Kenyan leader.
With the nation spiralling into turmoil, Odinga's supporters say they won't stop the fighting until he's handed power. Lewis travels to the fertile Rift Valley, a region which is the ancestral home of Odinga's tribe, the Luos. The once peaceful area is now patrolled by politically connected gangs. Young soldiers extort money from every car that passes by their improvised checkpoints, while passengers from enemy tribes are taxed even higher.
Meanwhile, Nairobi remains in a political deadlock. With the world watching closely, the two parties have entered into peace talks mediated by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, but an end to the crisis looks as distant as ever.
Also in this episode: Watch an interview with former chess champion and former Russian Presidential candidate Gary Kasparov about the upcoming Russian elections.
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