(SomaliNet) As opposition leaders announced that they were suspending talks with the Kenyan government over a stalled power sharing agreement, riots erupted in Kenya on Tuesday.
Dozens of young men stormed into the streets of Kibera, a sprawling slum in the capital, Nairobi, lighting bonfires, ripping up railroad tracks and throwing rocks at police officers in a scene evocative of the violence that convulsed Kenya in the wake of the Dec. 27 election.
"No cabinet, no peace!" the protesters yelled, referring to the cabinet that has yet to be formed because of bitter divisions between the government and the opposition.
The eruption was the first major riot since Feb. 28, when rival politicians signed a power sharing agreement that was billed as the only way to end weeks of bloodshed after the disputed presidential election.
The post-election violence killed more than 1,000 people, and drove hundreds of thousands from their homes; most of them are still displaced. Much of the violence flared along ethnic lines and threatened to ruin Kenya's cherished image as a bastion of stability in a chaotic region.-Agencies