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Kenya crisis: cautious optimism as negotiations continue.
The mood in Kenya is one of cautious optimism as the negotiations between the parties in the political dispute triggered by December
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Doing business in a climate of violence.
The Africa House Ltd based in Harrogate, north Yorkshire in England, purchases fair trade soft furnishings and household accessories from 14 suppliers spread around Kenya. Naturally we have been very...
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Kenya crisis leaves over 1,000 dead.
Over 1,000 Kenyans are now known to have died in violence sparked by the disputed presidential election of 27 December, the Kenyan Red Cross has said. The humanitarian organisation also says that more...
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Key negotiator withdraws from crisis talks.
Efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Kenya have suffered another setback following the withdrawal of a key mediator from the peace process.
South African lawyer and businessman Cyril Ramaphos...
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UN secretary general visits Nairobi.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has thrown his weight behind diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis gripping Kenya as a result of the disputed presidential elections of 27 December. Speaking after...
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Second opposition MP shot dead.
David Kimutai Too, Ainamoi member of parliament for the main opposition party Orange Democratic movement (ODM), has been shot dead in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret by a traffic policeman. A woman wi...
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Tension has returned to Nairobi following the shooting of newly elected member of parliament Melitus Were of the main opposition party Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), who was killed outside his home...
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At least 12 people are believed to have died in another day of violence in Kenya partly fuelled by the shooting of opposition member of parliament Melitus Were in the capital in the early hours of 29...
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Kenya crisis: army steps in amid growing violence.
Kenya is at its worst crossroads since independence 45 years ago as the number of men, women and children displaced by the violence sparked by the disputed presidential election of 27 December rises b...
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Incumbent president Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have met for the first time since the announcement of the disputed presidential election of 27 December, which returned the head of s...
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Kenyan marathon runner among dead.
Kenyan marathon runner Wesley Ngetich is among the victims of the latest violence in Kenya sparked by the disputed presidential elections of 27 December.
The 34-year-old athlete was killed by a pois...
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Kenya crisis: international mediation resumes.
All roads lead to Nairobi in the week beginning 21 January as international mediation efforts resume to try to resolve the three-week crisis in Kenya sparked by the disputed presidential elections of...
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Tens of people are thought to have died on 19 and 20 January in fresh political and ethnic violence sparked by the disputed presidential elections of 27 December.
In the worst known incident interna...
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More deaths in Kenya protests.
More people have died in Kenya on the second day of banned protests against the disputed presidential elections of 27 December.
Fresh clashes broke out between police and supporters of the Orange De...
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At least two people have died in clashes with police during a day of nationwide protests over the results of the 27 December presidential elections, which the main opposition party Orange Democratic M...
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Independent panel to review polls.
Government and opposition representatives have agreed to set up an independent committee to review the disputed December elections, the chief mediator Kofi Annan has said.
The review panel should be...
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Kenya's ODM candidate voted parliamentary speaker.
Kenneth Marende of the main opposition party Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is the new speaker of parliament. The opposition candidate defeated former speaker Francis Xavier Ole Kaparo of the ruling...
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Kenya crisis: political deadlock continues.
The situation in Nairobi remains calm as Kenya moves into the third week of political deadlock following the disputed general elections of 27 December. However, a source in the capital reports that pe...
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Efforts are continuing in Nairobi to seek a negotiated solution to the political impasse sparked by the disputed presidential elections of 27 December. International news sources report that fresh tal...
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The following reflections are from Catherine Mujomba, the administrative director of the GoDown, a centre for the visual and performing arts in Nairobi
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Kenya’s ballots printed in the UK.
Smith and Ouzman Ltd, the UK-based security and commercial printing house that produced the ballot papers for the 27 December local government and general elections in Kenya, has declined to comment o...
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Kofi Annan to help mediation in Kenya.
International efforts to resolve the political impasse caused by the disputed presidential elections of 27 December have suffered a major setback following the collapse of talks between Ghanaian presi...
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Kibake cabinet appointments cause tension.
Tension returned to some parts of Nairobi on 8 January following the surprise announcement by incumbent president Mwai Kibaki of part of his new cabinet. Local news sources say that riots broke out in...
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Kenya crisis: the view from Tanzania.
The following report from Russell Gale, who works for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Tanzania, describes not only some of the hardship in Kenya but also the knock-on effect the crisis is having...
