World Flag Database: Welcome BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Country profiles | Country profile: Kenya 10 September 2013Last updated at 07:03 ET Situated on the equator on Africa's east coast, Kenya has been described as "the cradle of humanity". In the Great Rift Valley palaeontologists have discovered some of the earliest evidence of man's ancestors. In the present day, Kenya's ethnic diversity has produced a vibrant culture but is also a source of conflict. After independence from Britain in 1963, politics was dominated by the charismatic Jomo Kenyatta. Kenya is ethnically and culturally diverse Violent unrest - and international pressure - led to the restoration of multi-party politics in the early 1990s. Continue reading the main story Politics: Presidential elections in 2007 led to widespread unrest, which resulted in the formation of a power-sharing government. Country profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring Special Report: Kenya Direct Despite President Kibaki's pledge to tackle corruption, some donors estimated that up to $1bn had been lost to graft between 2002 and 2005.
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Central America Tourism Operator World | Asia-Pacific | Burma cyclone: Mapping the aftermath The cyclone that hit Burma on 3 May caused widespread devastation to the Irrawaddy Delta in the south of the country. Click on the map to find out about some of the worst-hit areas. The following are the most up-to-date statistics provided by the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Dead: 77,738; Missing: 55,917 Displaced: 150,000 people, in about 120 temporary settlements Affected persons: 2.4 million people, of whom 1.4 million are in severely affected areas requiring priority assistance. In Rangoon the cyclone knocked out power and water supplies, felled trees and damaged hundreds of buildings. Nonetheless, many people who live on the outskirts of Rangoon have lost their houses and remain in temporary shelters. Meanwhile, the US, French and British navies are in international waters off the Burmese coast, waiting for permission to land aid in the country. Labutta, a small town in the southwest of the delta region, was devastated by the storm.
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