NAIROBI: The United States government has condemned violence in Kenya's Tana Delta region of the Coastal Province this week that left dozens dead in tribal conflict. “The United States condemns the deadly cycle of recent attacks and reprisals in Kenya's Tana River Delta that has left more than 100 people dead,” said State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland in a statement. “Our sympathy goes out to the families who have lost loved ones in the violence.” At least four people were reportedly killed in the latest violence in the Tana Delta region of Kenya's Coast Province on Tuesday morning although police had established a dusk-to-dawn curfew in an effort to end the violence that has left dozens dead. The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said Tuesday in a statement that houses “had been torched and many people were fleeing the clashes in the villages of Nduru and Semi Karo." The attack took place just hours after Monday's deadly clashes which left 38 people killed, among them 10 police officers. More than 100 people have been shot, hacked to death and burnt alive during three weeks of violence rooted in disputes over land and water between the Pokomo and Orma peoples. Hundreds of attackers had regrouped on Tuesday and launched new attacks. “The humanitarian situation is becoming more and more dire," the KRCS said. “We urge community leaders and the Kenyan Government to intensify efforts to bring opposing factions together to end the violence and establish peaceful mechanisms to address disputes in the future. It is also important that those who have committed crimes are held accountable through transparent, fair, and thorough investigations and trials,” added Nuland.
