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Tutu 'Hopeful' About Kenya Mediation

Opposition calls for new election as condemnation grows

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(Newser) – Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has said he is open to the possibility of a coalition government—if the opposition consents to his terms, Reuters reports. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said after a meeting with Kibaki that "there is a great deal of hope" in ongoing talks and that both sides appear willing to negotiate.

The opposition, which called off a protest rally today, is demanding a rerun of the controversial December 27 election that plunged the nation into ethnic violence. Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga haven't spoken since the race, which international observers have criticized as flawed. "Were the elections rigged or not? I think so, the Americans think so, the British think so," said France's foreign minister.

Police officers, one of them in plainclothes, walk past destroyed buildings in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Kenya's opposition party called for a new presidential election to settle a dispute over the vote that has sparked days of deadly riots, while small groups of protesters...
Police officers, one of them in plainclothes, walk past destroyed buildings in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Kenya's opposition party called for a new presidential election...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the Presidential Press Services of Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki, left, walks hand-in-hand with visiting South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu when he called on him at State House, Nairobi. Kenya, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Tutu met opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi...
In this photo released by the Presidential Press Services of Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki, left, walks hand-in-hand with visiting South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu when he called...   (Associated Press)
Men inspect the damage at the Kibera Lutheran Church, which was set on fire by protesters, after they were confronted by police as they tried to march on Thursday, Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Images of burning churches, machete-wielding gangs, and looters making off with gasoline are...
Men inspect the damage at the Kibera Lutheran Church, which was set on fire by protesters, after they were confronted by police as they tried to march on Thursday, Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday,...   (Associated Press)
People inspect an area that was burned down in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Kenya's opposition party called Friday for a rerun of the country's disputed election, as political deadlock between the president and his chief rival ground on after a week of spiraling violence....
People inspect an area that was burned down in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Kenya's opposition party called Friday for a rerun of the country's disputed election, as political...   (Associated Press)
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