The Kenyan Red Cross says the death toll from post-election violence in the country has passed 1,000. Another 304,000 Kenyans are said to have been displaced. Most of the deaths have been caused by ethnic fighting between supporters of President Mwai Kibaki and Opposition leader Raila Odinga. Meanwhile, hundreds of business leaders in Kenya are meeting in the capital Nairobi to press for action to halt the crisis. The former UN chief and leader of mediation efforts in Kenya , Kofi Annan, has applauded the initiative. "I think it is extremely important," he said. "This crisis is having a real impact on business, on innocent men and women. I'm not even talking about the violence - people losing their jobs, not knowing when they get it back, children unable to go to school - so I'm extremely delighted that the business community is taking leadership here."