NGOs work to de-escalate and respond to Kenya election clashes

NAIROBI — Election workers at a polling station in Kibera slum in Nairobi sat idle Thursday, as only a few voters trickled in. At the same polling station two months ago, voters stood in line for hours waiting to cast their votes.

Amid a court-mandated rerun of the August vote, protesters in pockets of Nairobi and western Kenya clashed with security forces. Opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga withdrew from the race and called for demonstrations, leading many in the country to boycott the vote.