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  • 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

    • Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall

      New York Times  |  Apr 9, 08 6:14 AM CDT

      Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall

      (Newser) - Riots erupted again in Kenya yesterday as opposition leaders suspended talks with the government over a stalled power-sharing pact, reports the New York Times . Dozens of men in a Nairobi slum lit bonfires and hurled rocks at police, chanting, "No cabinet, no peace!" The violence marked the first major riot since February, when Kenya's president and his main rival agreed to form a government together. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • riots  • Kenyan elections  • political protest  • East Africa

  • March 2008

    • Tough Work Awaits Kenya Lawmakers

      New York Times  |  Mar 6, 08 4:53 PM CST

      Tough Work Awaits Kenya Lawmakers

      (Newser) - Kenya's parliament reconvened today, the New York Times reports, and was immediately given the task of putting into law the power-sharing deal that ended the startling wave of violence that followed December's disputed election. "You must now become the ambassadors of peace and reconciliation,” President Mwai Kibaki told legislators. “Please forget the history of what has happened." More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • ethnic violence

  • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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  • Kofi Annan  • peace talks

  • 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

    • 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

    • River of Blood Runs in Kenya

      Associated Press  |  Jan 27, 08 7:45 AM CST

      River of Blood Runs in Kenya

      (Newser) - Kenyans were burned alive and hacked to death with machetes as raging ethnic violence in western Kenya claimed another 69 lives in the latest bloodshed since last month's controversial presidential election. Houses were in flames in the tourist getaway of Naivasha today and bodies were stacked up in the morgue in Nakuru, the provincial capital where clashes erupted Thursday and continued through the weekend. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • ethnic violence

    • Former UN Boss Tackling Kenya Crisis

      Reuters  |  Jan 22, 08 2:57 AM CST

      Former UN Boss Tackling Kenya Crisis

      (Newser) - Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan will fly to Kenya today to try to mediate the nation's political crisis and stop the violence. He faces a difficult task. Members of President Mwai Kibaki's cabinet are hostile to mediation, and opposition leader Raila Odinga is in no mood to back down. "I'm the rightful elected president. Kibaki stole his way into power," he told Reuters. More »

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

    • 3 Dead In New Kenya Violence

      Reuters  |  Jan 20, 08 9:40 AM CST

      3 Dead In New Kenya Violence

      (Newser) - At least three people were hacked to death with machetes and homes were set ablaze in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence in Kenya today between President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuya group and opposition backers of Raila Odinga, Reuters reports. The deaths bring to 31 those killed since Odinga's supporters began three days of anti-government rallies last week. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • ethnic violence  • disputed election  • rallies

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