Read more International Crisis Group stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25319/international-crisis-group.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 00:04:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20806/kenya-govt-linked-to-militia.htmlSam Gale Rosen<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=80927&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401020853' border='0' />Kenya's government might have played a direct role in sanctioning recent ethnic violence. A source tells the BBC that senior officials met with the violent Mungiki militia, with the aim of recruiting the outlawed group as a "defense force" to help protect the ethnic Kikuyu population. In January, Mungiki thugs...A member of a feared Kikuyu criminal gang, the Mungiki , threatens a man with a machete as they arrive at a Red Cross food distribution point to protect people receiving food aid, in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Thursday Jan. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)http://www.newser.com/story/20806/kenya-govt-linked-to-militia.htmlWed, 05 Mar 2008 14:15:00 CST