Political and Ethnic Violence in Kenya, another Rwanda?

[Mitch]

The presidential election on Sunday in Kenya enraged the country, accusing the winner of the presidential election of rigging.
This fueled tempers of the opposition and has cost the lives of over 300 people and displaced over 10,000.

Links to the News:
CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/01/02/kenya-violence.html
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7168580.stm
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/02/kenya.unrest/index.html

Do you think the UN should intervene? Could this become another Rwanda as some speculators suggest?

[Locke]

The presidential election on Sunday in Kenya enraged the country, accusing the winner of the presidential election of rigging.
This fueled tempers of the opposition and has cost the lives of over 300 people and displaced over 10,000.

Do you think the UN should intervene? Could this become another Rwanda as some speculators suggest?

No, the Rwanda analogies are completely unfounded. It is not a "genocide", per se. It rather a political struggle, with certain tribes predominantly supporting specific politicians.
A comparison: There were hundreds of thousands of dead in Rwanda in a well planned cold-blooded genocide, meant to extinguish the Tutsis. Here, only about 300 have died and mostly at the hands of security forces.

Edit: A source (far better than any others listed hitherto in this thread):
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080105.wnolen5/BNStory/International/

[Mitch]

Thanks for the link Locke. I am just trying to cover the bases of various sources, liberal/conservative, UK/US/Canada.