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  • February 2008

    • Kenyan Rivals Sign Peace Deal

      New York Times  |  Feb 28, 08 4:43 PM CST

      Kenyan Rivals Sign Peace Deal

      (Newser) - Kenya’s rival political leaders signed a power-sharing deal today in a ceremony that brought jubilant crowds to the streets of Nairobi, the New York Times reports—a change from the violence that followed December's disputed election. The agreement creates a powerful prime minister position for opposition leader Raila Odinga, with cabinet positions filled by the parties of both Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections

    • Kenyan Leaders Reach Deal

      BBC  |  Feb 28, 08 8:12 AM CST

      Kenyan Leaders Reach Deal

      (Newser) -  Kenya’s feuding leaders have finally reached a power sharing deal, Kofi Annan announced today after a four-hour meeting. Annan said he could not yet release details, but the deal is expected to spell out duties for the prime minister position to be created for opposition leader Raila Odinga, the BBC reports. Though the violence that swept Kenya after the election has waned, tensions remain high. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • Kofi Annan  • power sharing deal

    • Annan Suspends Kenya Talks

      Associated Press  |  Feb 26, 08 11:09 AM CST

      Annan Suspends Kenya Talks

      (Newser) - Mediator Kofi Annan is suspending the talks to end the bloody crisis in Kenya. In lieu of the negotiations, the ex-UN Secretary General says he will speak personally to rival leaders Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, reports the AP. "I hope people will understand this is a move intended to speed up action," Annan said. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kofi Annan

    • Kenya Stalemate Frustrates Negotiators

      BBC  |  Feb 26, 08 3:45 AM CST

      Kenya Stalemate Frustrates Negotiators

      (Newser) - Kenya's peace talks have ground to a standstill and the task of coaxing the country's two rival parties into an agreement is beginning to try even the patience of former UN secretary-general and lead negotiator Kofi Annan, reports the BBC. The two sides cannot agree on a power-sharing deal and aides say an increasingly exasperated Annan is beginning to feel like a "prisoner of peace." More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • diplomacy  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • prime minister  • Kofi Annan  • power sharing deal

    • Kenya Agrees to Create PM Post

      Reuters  |  Feb 21, 08 9:43 AM CST

      Kenya Agrees to Create PM Post

      (Newser) - Kenya’s government agreed today to create a prime minister position for opposition leader  Raila Odinga—the narrow loser in a disputed election for president in December—in an effort to prevent a new round of violence from tearing the African nation apart. The details are still being hashed out, but a government negotiator promised the position would have real power. “We will not give anybody a hollow shell.” More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • prime minister  • ethnic violence  • Kikuyu  • power sharing deal  • Luo

    • Kenya Airways Halts Flights from Paris

      Reuters  |  Feb 20, 08 6:05 PM CST

      Kenya Airways Halts Flights from Paris

      (Newser) - Plummeting tourism in the wake of January's post-election violence and France's sweeping advisory against travel to Kenya have emptied airline seats, triggering the cancellation of all Kenya Airways flights from Paris to Nairobi. The cancellation, which begins Feb. 26, will disrupt travel to other African destinations, including Congo and Rwanda. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • air travel  • Air France KLM Group  • Kenya's economy  • Kenya Airways  • travel ban

    • Bush Praises African Success

      Associated Press  |  Feb 16, 08 7:31 AM CST

      Bush Praises African Success

      (Newser) - President Bush is keeping things positive on his five-country African tour, focusing attention on “success stories.” But at the same time, he says, his efforts are addressing conflicts ravaging the continent.  “When you herald success, it helps others realize what is possible,” he said during a stopover in Benin. And though he won’t visit the troubled Kenya, Condoleezza Rice will on Monday, the AP reports. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Condoleezza Rice  • Africa  • Kenya  • Darfur  • Benin

    • Kenyan Rivals Make Deal for Election Review

      Associated Press  |  Feb 15, 08 5:08 PM CST

      Kenyan Rivals Make Deal for Election Review

      (Newser) - Kenya’s president and opposition leader today unveiled an agreement to examine the hotly contested Dec. 27 election, but the sides have made no progress on a deal to share power, the AP reports. "There is real momentum," said mediator and ex-UN chief Kofi Annan. The deal also calls for the drafting of a new constitution within a year. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • Kofi Annan

    • Bush Defends Decision Not to Send Troops to Darfur

      BBC  |  Feb 15, 08 3:35 AM CST

      Bush Defends Decision Not to Send Troops to Darfur

      (Newser) - President Bush has defended his decision not to send US troops to Darfur to stop the genocide taking place in the troubled African region. The choice was partly due to a desire not to intervene in another Muslim country, he told the BBC. Bush is scheduled to leave today for a visit to five African countries, but may be delayed if the controversial eavesdropping bill he backs continues to be held up in Congress. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Zimbabwe  • Africa  • Kenya  • Sudan  • Darfur  • South Africa  • diplomacy  • foreign aid

    • Kenya Talks Make Progress; Caution Urged

      Reuters  |  Feb 11, 08 2:00 PM CST

      Kenya Talks Make Progress; Caution Urged

      (Newser) - Talks between the Kenyan president and the leader of the opposition are going well, and the parties have agreed in principle to a power-sharing agreement, Reuters reports. "We are making progress. Indications are that we can see some light at the end of the tunnel. We are very optimistic," an MP said of negotiations between Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga. More »

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      Kenya  • Kenyan elections  • ethnic violence

    • Kenya's Quiet Casualty: Flowers

      Economist  |  Feb 9, 08 6:25 AM CST

      Kenya's Quiet Casualty: Flowers

      (Newser) - The violence in Kenya has come at the worst possible time for an industry quietly flourishing in the warmth of the nation's long, sunny days—flowers. Kenya supplies 25% of Europe's cut flowers, making it the third-largest industry behind tourism and tea, the Economist reports. Roses are the main crop, and with Valentine's Day around the corner, growers are struggling to keep workers safe and shipments moving. More »

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      Kenya  • Nairobi  • flowers  • roses

    • Kenya Rivals Edge Closer to Power-Sharing Deal

      Reuters  |  Feb 8, 08 10:53 AM CST

      Kenya Rivals Edge Closer to Power-Sharing Deal

      (Newser) - Kenya’s two parties are close to a power-sharing deal that could end the national bloodshed in the wake of the disputed December election, Reuters reports. The details were still being hammered out, but one opposition legislator said, “We have finally agreed that there is a problem in the country and neither side can proceed on its own.” More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kofi Annan

    • Fighting Scars Smallest Kenyans

      BBC  |  Feb 3, 08 3:43 PM CST

      Fighting Scars Smallest Kenyans

      (Newser) - The violence in Kenya is separating droves of children from their parents—sometimes forever, the BBC reports. One Nairobi orphanage is currently hosting 60 displaced children; some wait for their parents to find them, but most know their mothers and fathers are already dead. "It's been a traumatizing experience for them," says one Red Cross activist. More »

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      children  • Kenya  • ethnic violence  • orphans  • orphanage

    • Kenya Leaders Agree to Peace Talk Structure

      Reuters  |  Feb 1, 08 2:27 PM CST

      Kenya Leaders Agree to Peace Talk Structure

      (Newser) - Kenya's rival leaders have agreed on an outline for peace talks, Kofi Annan said today. Larger problems could take a year to iron out, but the ex-UN chief said the most pressing issues--ending the killings, aiding those hit by the turmoil, and fixing "immediate" political woes--could be solved within the next 7 to 15 days, Reuters reports. More »

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      United Nations  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Ban Ki-Moon  • peace talks  • Kofi Annan

  • January 2008

    • Kenya Upheaval Could Reach 'Catastrophic Levels'

      Reuters  |  Jan 31, 08 11:29 AM CST

      Kenya Upheaval Could Reach 'Catastrophic Levels'

      (Newser) - Kenya's political turmoil continues to wreak havoc, and it is "threatening to escalate to catastrophic levels," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. After the killing of another member of Raila Odinga's opposition party yesterday, the country faced renewed violence, Reuters reports. The death toll has reached 850 since late December as political disputes have opened old territorial conflicts. More »

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      United Nations  • protests  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Kenyan elections  • Kofi Annan  • ethnic violence  • Kenya's economy

    • 2nd Opposition Lawmaker Shot Dead in Kenya

      Associated Press  |  Jan 31, 08 5:37 AM CST

      2nd Opposition Lawmaker Shot Dead in Kenya

      (Newser) - A second Kenyan opposition politician has been killed in the country's troubled Rift Valley, only two days after the murder of one of his colleagues. The lawmaker, who won a seat in parliament on the ticket of Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement in December's contested elections, was fatally shot by a traffic cop at a roadblock. The police claimed the killing was part of a lovers' quarrel, but the party says it was a political assassination. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga

    • Slain Kenyan Pol a Key to Peace

      New York Times  |  Jan 30, 08 11:25 AM CST

      Slain Kenyan Pol a Key to Peace

      (Newser) - The Kenyan opposition lawmaker who was dragged from his car yesterday and shot to death could have been key to ending the ethnically charged turmoil, reports the New York Times, but his assassination instead further plunged the country into violent chaos. Melitus Mugabe Were had been working toward peace, able to bridge ethnic divides because of his Kikuyu wife. “Whoever did this has killed the dreams of many,” one friend said. More »

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      Kenya  • assassination  • Raila Odinga  • ethnic violence  • Kikuyu

    • US Rips Kenya Opposition Over 'Ethnic Cleansing'

      Associated Press  |  Jan 30, 08 8:19 AM CST

      US Rips Kenya Opposition Over 'Ethnic Cleansing'

      (Newser) - The top US envoy to Africa today accused supporters of Kenya's opposition of "clear ethnic cleansing" after violence in the Rift Valley killed hundreds of Kikuyus, who support embattled president Mwai Kibaki. "The aim originally was not to kill, it was to cleanse, it was to push them out" of the valley, Jendayi Frazer told reporters at the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Now, "killing may be the object," she added. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • Kofi Annan

    • Pol's Death Sparks Kenya Battles

      BBC  |  Jan 29, 08 3:00 AM CST

      Pol's Death Sparks Kenya Battles

      (Newser) - Army helicopters fired on crowds to protect Kenyans fleeing bloodshed and mobs torched homes and people as violence escalated today in the wake of the killing of an opposition politician, the BBC reports. At least four people were killed in a Nairobi slum after a member of opposition leader Raila Odinga's party was apparently killed in his home nearby in the ethnic violence ripping apart the nation.  More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • ethnic violence  • Kikuyu

    • 'Sickening Brutality' Spreads in Kenya

      BBC  |  Jan 27, 08 10:06 PM CST

      'Sickening Brutality' Spreads in Kenya

      (Newser) - Ethnic violence and revenge killing continued unchecked in western Kenya today, with at least 17 more people beaten, hacked, or burned to death by mobs engaged in what the BBC correspondent calls  "sickening brutality" since last month’s contested presidential election. The death toll is nearing 750, the BBC reports, as former UN chief Kofi Annan spent a sixth day in the conflict-ravaged country trying to negotiate a peace deal. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kofi Annan  • Kikuyu  • ethnic violence  • Africa Union

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