Rival tribes clash with machetes
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Clashes between rival tribes armed with machetes and bows and arrows on Friday marked the third successive day of opposition protests over Kenya's disputed presidential election.
Soldiers and protesters clash in Mombasa.
With more than 20 people killed since Wednesday, the opposition announced a new strategy of economic boycotts and strikes to ratchet up pressure.
The U.S. ambassador, citing "many factors and underlying grievances," compared Kenya's violence to the 1968 race riots in the United States.
At a town hall meeting for Americans in Nairobi, Ambassador Michael Ranneberger said there was "a lot of cheating on both sides" in the December 27 elections that pitted President Mwai Kibaki against opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Kibaki insists he won the election, but international and local observers say the vote count was rigged. Kibaki's power has become more entrenched and he appears unlikely to accede to demands he step down.
The opposition's best hope may rest in wrangling a power-sharing agreement that might make Odinga prime minister or vice president.
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