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| Africa Horn |
| Kenya rivals sign agreement in crisis talks |
| 2008-02-15 |
| NAIROBI - Kenya’s rival parties on Thursday signed an agreement during talks led by Kofi Annan aiming to end weeks of political turmoil that has left more than 1,000 people dead, the UN said. No details were given but Annan has called a news conference for Friday to ‘outline what was agreed in 48 hours of discussion at a location outside the capital’, said a UN statement. ‘Mr Annan will make available the text of the agreement signed today between the two parties,’ it added. The former UN secretary general had been pushing for a power-sharing agreement to resolve the dispute over the result of the December 27 presidential election that unleashed nationwide violence. Talks were to resume on Monday in Nairobi, the statement added. In an address to parliament this week, Annan put forward the idea of a ‘grand coalition’ government that could oversee reforms and pave the way to elections, possibly in two years. But Kibaki’s lead negotiator Martha Karua sent a protest letter to Annan, saying such an arrangement had never been discussed in the mediation talks or ‘agreed upon.’ |
| Posted by:Steve White |