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Interview with an IDP: Post-Election Violence

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For about 18 months, more than a half of million people from the Ugandan area have been displaced...

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Jordan Wilson, Pulitzer Student Fellow



Tony is an IDP located in Eldoret. He wanted his last name withheld because of the nature of information he revealed. Here, Tony gives graphic and vivid details of the first night of post-election violence. He is a member of the Kikuyu tribe. When an opposing tribe attacked Kikiyus, they launched a violent counter-attack.

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