Yasuyoshi Chiba

日本 法新社

新聞人物 單幅 第一名

3月1日,在肯亞西部的Trans Mara地區,手持弓箭的馬賽族戰士與卡蘭津族人爆發衝突。前一年的12月舉辦的肯亞大選結果充滿爭議,使原本就存在於馬賽、卡蘭津與基溪三族之間的不滿敵對情緒重新浮上檯面。不同於肯亞其他地方發生的暴動,他們之間的對打方式完全遵守古老傳統,弓箭手們在每日舉行的比賽中不斷向對方放箭,鮮少進行貼身肉搏戰。即使如此,在2008年的1、2月間仍有二十多人因此喪命。

Yasuyoshi Chiba

Japan, Agence France-Presse

1st Prize People in the News Singles

Using bows and arrows, Maasai warriors clash with members of the Kalenjin tribe in the Trans Mara region of western Kenya on March 1. Old grievances and rivalries resurfaced between the Maasai, Kalenjin and Kisii peoples in the aftermath of Kenya's disputed general elections, held the previous December. Unlike the rioting in the rest of the country, conflicts were strictly codified according to age-old traditions. Archers fired salvos at each other in daily contests, seldom engaging in close combat. Nevertheless, some 20 people were killed in the first two months of 2008.