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Different war grips Kenya

IOL: : "At daybreak, the lanky silhouettes of Maasai archers skim down the green pastures to meet their opponents, charging down the opposing hill in Kenya's scenic Trans Mara region.

Far from the political wrangling taking place in Nairobi's corridors of power, a medieval-like ritualised warfare of bows and arrows has been raging several times a week between Maasai and rival Kalenjin tribesmen."

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