Einzelstück 1 - Kenya: Playing with Fire. Weapons Proliferation, Political Violence, and Human Rights in Kenya

Kenya is often seen as a bastion of stability in a conflict-ridden region. Yet ist security is undermined by an influx of weapons reclycled from nearby war zones. Moreover, the country has experienced repeated flashes of politically inspired ethnic violence, especially during election periods. Those instigating this deadly violence have not been held to account. An examination of past armed attacks, including a series of brutal attacks in the Coast Province in 1997, demonstrates the potentially explosive link between weapons availability and domestic political violence. Looking to Kenya's future, the continuing pattern of violence and impunity - together with the spread of small arms - threaten human rights and Kenyan society itself. (Klappentext)