STRASBOURG, France, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The European Parliament said on Thursday the bloc should freeze budgetary aid to Kenya until the crisis over President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election is solved. The European Parliament "asks for the freezing of all further budgetary support to the government of Kenya until a political resolution to the present crisis has been found", the deputies said in a resolution. Although EU aid to Kenya is limited compared with what it gives poorer African countries, the European Union is one of Nairobi's top donors, providing 290 million euros ($425 million) between 2002 and 2007. A further 383 million euros of EU aid to Kenya is planned for 2008-2013.
Opposition protesters taunt and throw stones at the riot police in Nairobi's Mathare slum, January 17, 2008. Kenyan police clashed with opposition protesters on Thursday in a second day of demonstrations ...
