US appeals for calm in Kenya – Chaos in Nairobi over tax hikes

“We condemn violence in all its forms and appeal for calm,” a spokesman for the White House National Security Council said today when asked about the anti-government protests that have plunged Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, into chaos. “The United States is closely monitoring the situation in Nairobi,” he also said, where police opened fire on protesters trying to storm parliament, and according to several non-governmental organizations, at least five people were killed today during those protests. More than a dozen Western countries, including France, Germany, the United States and Britain, said they were “deeply concerned” after violence erupted in Kenya today during anti-government protests that were suppressed by police and led to the death of at least five people. In a joint statement by their diplomatic missions, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Romania, Britain, […]
Source: News Beast

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