Kenyan crisis death toll tops 1,000

More than 1,000 people have died, and over 300,000 people been displaced in Kenya 's post-election crisis, the Red Cross said…

More than 1,000 people have died, and over 300,000 people been displaced in Kenya 's post-election crisis, the Red Cross said today.

The figure of 304,000 refugees did not include displacements over recent days and so would probably rise, a Kenya Red Cross spokesman said.

Most of the deaths have come from cycles of ethnic killings and police clashes with protesters.

The internal humanitarian crisis is a shock to Kenyans, more used to receiving refugees from neighbours like Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia.

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