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  • July 2008

    • Hezbollah Included in Lebanon Unity Government

      Reuters  |  Jul 11, 08 1:15 PM CDT

      Hezbollah Included in Lebanon Unity Government

      (Newser) - Lebanon’s political factions finally formed a unity government today, Reuters reports, with militant group Hezbollah included in the coalition formed after weeks of wrangling. With Hezbollah and its allies effectively holding veto power, it appears Syria—long allied with the militants—will regain some of the dominance it long held in Lebanon—where fears of civil war are now greatly diminished. More »

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      Syria  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • power sharing deal  • Fouad Siniora

    • South Africa Offers Zimbabwe Truce Proposal

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 7, 08 10:33 AM CDT

      South Africa Offers Zimbabwe Truce Proposal

      (Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki has proposed a compromise in Zimbabwe’s political crisis: Let Robert Mugabe remain president in name, but hand power to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as temporary prime minister, the Guardian reports. Members of opposition party Movement for Democratic Change were said to be largely satisfied with the plan, on the condition that the African Union would help enforce it. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • South Africa  • Thabo Mbeki  • power sharing deal  • peace deal  • truce

  • April 2008

    • Kenya Announces Shared Cabinet

      BBC  |  Apr 13, 08 2:11 PM CDT

      Kenya Announces Shared Cabinet

      (Newser) - Calling for Kenyans to "put politics aside and get to work," president Mwai Kibaki named chief opposition leader Raila Odinga prime minister today in a move to end political strife with a power-sharing cabinet. The 40-member cabinet, including two deputy PMs, was divided evenly between the two parties, though the BBC notes that key positions remained with Kibaki loyalists. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • power sharing deal  • Cabinet

    • Deal Reached in Kenyan Crisis

      BBC  |  Apr 12, 08 7:18 PM CDT

      Deal Reached in Kenyan Crisis

      (Newser) - Kenya’s election crisis may finally be over. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga today reached a deal on a new cabinet, the BBC reports, ending the dispute that has long delayed a February power-sharing deal. The new cabinet will be announced tomorrow and should be in place before the parliament returns on Tuesday. More »

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

  • February 2008

    • 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

    • 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

  • September 2007

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