http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Great_Rift_ValleyFind stories, videos, and photos about Great Rift Valley from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:21:35 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Great_Rift_Valley14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Great Rift Valley from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/24/kenya.aristocrat.freed.intl/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/24/kenya.aristocrat.freed.intl/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of Kenya's most famous white aristocrats was released from prison Friday, a federal official said, after serving time in a killing that sparked racial tensions in the east African nation.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/02/kenya.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/02/kenya.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor as long as anyone cares to remember, the pastoralists of Kenya's Rift Valley have fled with their herds to the fertile slopes of Mount Kenya when times are tough.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/01/kenya.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/01/kenya.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 100 people were killed and several dozen wounded when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in Kenya early Sunday, authorities said.Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:20:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/16/kenya.displaced/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/16/kenya.displaced/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe thought of going home terrifies Sarafina Nyambura.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/22/kenya.farmer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/22/kenya.farmer/index.html#cnnSTCTextKennedy Ombuki is a farmer. In normal times, he grows corn, maize, potatoes and peas on the green slopes near Molo. "They were export peas," he says proudly.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:51:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718460,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718460,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe warring factions may have agreed to form a coalition but the tribes of Kenya have learned to fight -- and to make weapons to protect themselvesFri, 29 Feb 2008 17:45:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/28/kenya.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/28/kenya.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextSave the Children's Carolyn Watt sends this dispatch from Kenya and describes how children are the real victims of the post-election violence. Many have been witness to or victims of attacks and abuse, and 100,000 children are now living in makeshift camps. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/31/kenya.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/31/kenya.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextTalks to mediate an end to Kenya's political crisis were to resume Friday morning after being suspended in the wake of a second opposition lawmaker's killing a day earlier, according to a U.N. spokesman.Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:50:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1708362,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1708362,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe violence started in response to a flawed election, but it reveals a rift that may be beyond politicians' control Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/30/kenya.violence.0830/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/30/kenya.violence.0830/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn American diplomat has described the violence in Kenya's Rift Valley as "clear ethnic cleansing" aimed at chasing out members of the Kikuyu tribe who are loyal to President Mwai Kibaki.Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:36:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/28/kenya.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/28/kenya.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe violence plaguing western Kenya's Rift Valley spread to the country's Western Province Monday, according to an official with the International Committee of the Red Cross.Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/27/kenya.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/27/kenya.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextEthnic fighting once again engulfed Kenya's western Rift Valley on Sunday as witnesses and Red Cross officials reported brutal attacks by members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe on other ethnic groups.Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/20/kenya.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/20/kenya.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextDiplomatic efforts to solve the violent fallout from Kenya's disputed elections continued over the weekend with a visit from the European Union's development commissioner Louis Michel, who met with President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga.Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:03:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1705382,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1705382,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsUganda's government separates those fleeing from its neighbor by tribe in order to keep down simmering tensionsSat, 19 Jan 2008 15:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/16/kenya.tension/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/16/kenya.tension/index.html#cnnSTCTextRunning battles erupted across Kenya on Wednesday after the country's opposition leader called for three days of nationwide protests against the outcome of last month's presidential elections.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:28:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/06/kenya.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/06/kenya.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextLying in a hospital bed in this rural hub of Kenya's Rift Valley, a man describes surviving two machete wounds to his head and multiple slashes to his hands. He says he was attacked by people who now live by the rules of tribalism.Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/05/kenya.diplomat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/05/kenya.diplomat/index.html#cnnSTCTextKenyan President Mwai Kibaki appeared to offer a way out of a stalemate with the opposition over disputed elections, announcing Saturday he was ready to form a government of national unity, a government spokesman said.Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:47:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1700279,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1700279,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTIME's correspondent goes to the Kenyan countryside, where tribal hatreds have surfaced and neighbors are now enemiesFri, 04 Jan 2008 18:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/14/insider.africagreatlakes/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/14/insider.africagreatlakes/index.htmlAs a U.N.-backed conference on Africa's volatile Great Lakes region concludes on Friday, we offer a guide to the troubled area and its chances for lasting stability.Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:01:00 EST