/ 31 January 1999

STUDENTS FIGHT FOR FOREST

KENYAN students protest the destruction of a forest outside Nairobi and alleged corrupt land deals clashed with police for the second consecutive day here on Sunday.At least 30 students were injured on Saturday when police baton-charged and tear-gassed hundreds of students trying to enter Karura forest in the northern fringe of the city to plant trees and denounce real estate graft.