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Chief mediator Kofi Annan has suspended talks to end the political impasse sparked by the disputed presidential elections and called on the country
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Kenya?
One of the proposals under consideration by negotiators seeking a political settlement to the crisis sparked by the disputed 27 December presidential elections is the formation of a Truth and Reconcil...
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Kibaki under pressure to share power.
One and a half months after going to the polls Kenyans still do not know who really won the presidential race. They are now waiting with baited breath for the last word from former United Nations secr...
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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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Mayoral elections on 25 February.
Kenya faces a new round of voting on 25 February when councillors elected or nominated to the country
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Kenya faces a new round of voting on 25 February when councillors elected or nominated to the country
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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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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...
