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February 2008
- Kenyan Leaders Reach Deal
  
  BBC | Feb 28, 08 8:12 AM CST
  
  (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
  
  (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
  
  (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
- Kenyan Rivals Make Deal for Election Review
  
  Associated Press | Feb 15, 08 5:08 PM CST
  
  (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
  
  (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
  
  (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
  
  (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
- US Rips Kenya Opposition Over 'Ethnic Cleansing'
  
  Associated Press | Jan 30, 08 8:19 AM CST
  
  (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
- 'Sickening Brutality' Spreads in Kenya
  
  BBC | Jan 27, 08 10:06 PM CST
  
  (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
- In Kenya, Annan Denounces Violent 'Abuses'
  
  BBC | Jan 26, 08 11:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kofi Annan, in Kenya to mediate a settlement to the brutal conflict rocking the country, condemned the "gross and systematic abuses of human rights" he had seen on a tour of the country's worst flashpoints, the BBC reports. Dozens more gruesome deaths were reported today. Annan spoke of displaced families and called on Kenyans to break the cycle of revenge. More »
  
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  United Nations • Kenya • Kenyan elections • Kofi Annan • displaced persons
- Former UN Boss Tackling Kenya Crisis
  
  Reuters | Jan 22, 08 2:57 AM CST
  
  (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
- Kenya Braces for More Violence
  
  Reuters | Jan 16, 08 11:24 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tensions are rising in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi as angry opposition supporters prepare for three days of protests over the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki in an allegedly rigged ballot. Opposition protests have been banned by the Kibaki regime, triggering concerns that rallies could spark major clashes. Some 600 people have already been killed since the Dec. 27 vote. More »
  
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  protests • Kenya • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kofi Annan • Nairobi • roadblocks
September 2007
- Thousands Mourn Pavarotti
  
  Associated Press | Sep 8, 07 9:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Modena's main piazza was filled with throngs of Luciano Pavarotti fans today as invited mourners gathered at the cathedral for the tenor's funeral. The service, which was shown on huge screens in the piazza and broadcast live, was attended by an ecclectic group of dignitaries and artists with whom the opera star had collaborated, including former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and U2 lead singer Bono. More »
  
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  Pope Benedict XVI • funeral • opera • Kofi Annan • tenor • Luciano Pavarotti • Bono • Modena
- Thousands Pay Respects to Pavarotti
  
  Reuters | Sep 7, 07 5:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Thousands lined up today to pay respects to opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti at the cathedral in his hometown of Modena, Italy. Though the tenor's family wants a private funeral tomorrow, an international array of celebrities and fans–among them Bono, Andrea Bocelli, and Kofi Annan–are planning to attend, Reuters reports. The tenor died of cancer yesterday at age 71. More »
  
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  obituary • Italy • funeral • opera • Kofi Annan • tenor • Luciano Pavarotti • Bono • Placido Domingo
May 2007
- Bush Prepares Iraq Plan That Includes UN
  
  Guardian (UK) | May 23, 07 11:22 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Four years after the US went into Iraq without Security Council support, the administration may be ready to ask the UN for help. The Guardian reports that a plan to "internationalize" the peace process reflects President Bush's concern about the 2008 elections and the apparent failure of the troop surge. "Iraq probably can't be fixed," says an ex-administration official. More »
  
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  Iraq • Bush administration • United Nations • troop surge • Iraq pullout • Security Council • Kofi Annan