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African Union Can't Resolve Kenya Crisis

Delegation led by Kofi Annan will take next crack

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(Newser) – An attempt to broker an end to the Kenyan crisis failed today when an African Union mission couldn't get opposing sides to agree on how to end the violence, Reuters reports. AU head John Kufuor pressed opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki to settle; after talks disintegrated into finger-pointing, the rivals agreed to work with a panel headed by former UN chief Kofi Annan.

Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement showed the diplomats a document drafted by both parties, working with international mediators, agreeing to a reevaluation of election polls. The ODM accused Kibaki of refusing to sign it; Kibaki denies being invited to the negotiating table in the first place. Meanwhile, police in Nairobi broke up a 70-strong all-female group of protesters with tear gas.

Displaced Kenyans run after the motorcade of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, as he arrives to visit a makeshift camp for the displaced in the town of Burnt Forest, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Kibaki, addressing countrymen who fled blazing homes and mobs wielding machetes and arrows, rejected demands Wednesday for...
Displaced Kenyans run after the motorcade of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, as he arrives to visit a makeshift camp for the displaced in the town of Burnt Forest, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Kibaki,...   (Associated Press)
The chairman of the African Union, Ghanaian President John Kufuor, second right, with Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga, right, walk for their meeting at the hotel Intercontinental in the Nairobi Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Kenya's president has named half his Cabinet, angering opposition leaders who accuse him of stealing...
The chairman of the African Union, Ghanaian President John Kufuor, second right, with Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga, right, walk for their meeting at the hotel Intercontinental in the Nairobi...   (Associated Press)
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, center, speaks to displaced Kenyans living in a makeshift camp in the town of Burnt Forest, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Kibaki, addressing countrymen who fled blazing homes and mobs wielding machetes and arrows, rejected demands Wednesday for a new election or recount, complicating the task...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, center, speaks to displaced Kenyans living in a makeshift camp in the town of Burnt Forest, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Kibaki, addressing countrymen who fled blazing...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the Presidential Press Services, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki , left, congratulates Uhuru Kenyatta, of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), after he was sworn in as Minister of Local Government at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. The political violence since the Dec....
In this photo released by the Presidential Press Services, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki , left, congratulates Uhuru Kenyatta, of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), after he was sworn in as Minister...   (Associated Press)
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