Africa dismayed, resigned as Kenya slips into chaos
Tue 1 Jan 2008, 8:34 GMT for full report go to http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN130864.html
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By Kari Barber
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Africans watched with dismay and bitter resignation on Monday as Kenya slipped into post-election bloodletting.
Tuning pocket radios to the BBC or Radio France Internationale, people across the continent have followed mounting opposition protests in Kenya's slums with mixed emotions.
Some offered encouragement to the protesters, others urged caution, but overwhelmingly they were angry and disappointed at the latest setback to democracy and peace in Africa.
"It never stops to baffle me how African leaders will do just anything to stay in power, even when those they are leading ... do not want them anymore," R. Ine, of Aba, Nigeria, said on a BBC Internet chat site.
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