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  • Ogiek man, Kenya<br />
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    Kenya: Ogiek leader receives death threat
    14 February 2008 A leader of the Ogiek tribe in Kenya has received a death threat by telephone. An unknown caller told Mr Mpoiok Kobei, ‘We need your head before Tuesday nineteenth, this month.’
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    Kenya: Honey-hunting Ogiek tribe caught up in violence
    30 January 2008 Leaders of the honey-hunting Ogiek tribe have reported that they are being targeted in the escalating post-election violence in Kenya.
  • Ogiek man, Kenya<br />
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    Kenya: Election violence affects Ogiek
    4 January 2008 Survival has received reports that many Ogiek areas are effectively closed off due to the post election violence in Kenya. Police have barricaded roads leading to one area, so that people cannot leave the community.