Aftermath Kenya

The brutal violence that ensued for over two months in Kenya following the flawed December 27, 2007 election has come to a halt (at least for the meantime). However, the ills facing the country are more burdensome than ever. The country is broken on both the political and humanitarian front.

On February 28, the rival political parties brokered an arrangement to share power. The deal was applauded by the UN and regional leaders. However, the deal has turned run into roadblocks as the two rival parties, Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), quarrel over key cabinet positions.

While the rather well-off leaders bicker over the cabinet seats, Kenyans are the ones who suffer the most. The violence that consumed the country through January and February has left over 1,000 dead and displaced more than 300,000. Over a month later, not much has changed; over 300,000 Kenyans remain homeless.

The humanitarian crisis is fueled by the political stalemate and the relatively low amount of international aid flowing into Kenya to help resettle the displaced populations. To make matters worse, as Kenyan's resettle, they have tended to do so along ethnic lines, making ethnic and political strife more likely in the future.

Al Jazeera News documents the progress that has been made and the road ahead in Kenya: