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Sat, 13 Aug, 2016
Kenya was hit by a series of terrorist attacks today as millions waited in long queues to vote in the presidential election.
Mon, 04 Mar, 2013
Kenyans began casting votes today in a nationwide election seen as the country’s most important – and complicated – in its 50-year history, five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in poll-related violence.
Four leading Kenyans have been ordered to stand trial at the International Criminal Court accused of planning the deadly wave of violence that followed the country's 2007 presidential election.
Mon, 23 Jan, 2012
Kenyans have been gathering at the site of the 1998 US embassy bombing in central Nairobi to remember those killed in the al-Qaida attack.
Mon, 02 May, 2011
Six Kenyan leaders were today accused of being behind organised violence following the country's 2007 election that left more than 1,000 people dead.
Wed, 15 Dec, 2010
KENYA’S president signed a new constitution into law yesterday that institutes a US-style system of checks and balances and has been hailed as the most significant political event since Kenya’s independence nearly a half century ago.
Sat, 28 Aug, 2010
Kenya’s prime minister said that he wants former UN chief Kofi Annan to intervene in a dispute with the president that is threatening a power-sharing agreement that helped end post-election bloodshed two years ago.
Mon, 15 Feb, 2010
Kenyan radio shows interrupted their programming and bus conductors shouted the news from the windows: President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sat, 10 Oct, 2009
A Cabinet minister and an assistant minister were killed along with two other people when their small plane crashed in south-western Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki said.
Wed, 11 Jun, 2008
KENYA’S President Mwai Kibaki named political rival Raila Odinga as head of a power-sharing cabinet on Sunday, ending weeks of impasse that threatened to undermine economic recovery after a deadly post-election crisis.
Mon, 14 Apr, 2008
President Mwai Kibaki named Raila Odinga as prime minister today, implementing a long-awaited power-sharing deal that the two rivals signed more than a month ago to resolve a protracted political crisis.
Sun, 13 Apr, 2008
Officials say Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have reached deal on a coalition Cabinet.
Sat, 12 Apr, 2008
Kenyan politicians have unanimously approved a power-sharing deal, bringing together two men whose dispute over the presidency unleashed weeks of deadly violence.
Wed, 19 Mar, 2008
Kenya’s president urged MPs today to pass the laws needed to enforce the country’s new power-sharing agreement as Parliament prepared to convene for the first time since the deal was signed.
Thu, 06 Mar, 2008
Kofi Annan was set to leave Kenya today after brokering a power-sharing deal between the country’s feuding politicians to end a bloody post-election crisis.
Sun, 02 Mar, 2008
The UN Security Council welcomed the new power-sharing agreement in Kenya and urged President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to implement it “in full and without delay”.
Sat, 01 Mar, 2008
Governments gave strong backing today to Kenya’s power-sharing agreement and promised support to help the country emerge from two months of ethnic violence sparked by a disputed presidential election.
Fri, 29 Feb, 2008
Mass protests by Kenya’s opposition were called off today under pressure from former UN chief Kofi Annan who is trying to pave the way for a permanent deal to end the country’s divisions.
Wed, 27 Feb, 2008
FORMER UN chief Kofi Annan said yesterday he has suspended talks between Kenya’s government and the opposition that were supposed to end the country’s deadly post-election crisis.
Hopes of a solution to the deadly divisions in Kenya were dashed today when talks between the two main rivals were suspended.
Tue, 26 Feb, 2008
Former UN chief Kofi Annan said today he has suspended talks between Kenya’s government and the opposition which were supposed to end the country’s deadly post-election crisis.
Talks to end Kenya’s post-election crisis have reached a crucial stage amid fears of renewed violence if the two sides cannot agree soon to share power, a leading diplomat said tonight.
Fri, 22 Feb, 2008
A political deal is expected in Kenya today after the government tentatively agreed to form a prime minister’s post for the opposition, moving the East African country a step closer to ending the deadly post-election crisis.
A POLITICAL deal to end Kenya’s post-election crisis is expected today, with the two sides having largely agreed on a government structure, including a prime minister’s post, officials said yesterday.
Hopes of a political settlement to end Kenya’s violent post-election crisis rose today after reports that the two main opponents were on the verge of announcing a deal.
Thu, 21 Feb, 2008
Kenya’s main opposition party today threatened mass protests within a week if the government fails to begin paving the way for any type of power-sharing government.
Wed, 20 Feb, 2008
KENYA’S political rivals have agreed that an independent review of the disputed election is necessary, while momentum for a power-sharing deal is growing, former UN chief Kofi Annan said yesterday.
Sat, 16 Feb, 2008
Kenya’s political rivals today agreed on an independent review of the election at the centre of their dispute.
Fri, 15 Feb, 2008
The UN’s humanitarian chief John Holmes said today that up to 600,000 people have been forced from their homes in Kenya during weeks of violence that has killed 1,000 people.
Mon, 11 Feb, 2008
Hopes for an end to the violence sweeping Kenya rose today when a leading opposition MP said a deal had been struck to form a joint government with President Mwai Kibaki.
Fri, 08 Feb, 2008
America branded 10 leading Kenyan politicians “criminals” today and banned them from entering the country.
Thu, 07 Feb, 2008
Talks to end weeks of post-election violence in Kenya resumed today on difficult political issues, a day after rivals agreed on humanitarian aid and a leading mediator left the team because of government opposition.
Tue, 05 Feb, 2008
Kenya’s opposition leader today called for international peacekeepers to help restore calm in a country once considered one of the most stable on the continent, as weeks of violence linked to the disputed presidential election gathered frightening momentum.
Sun, 03 Feb, 2008
Kenya’s opposition leader today called for the African Union to send peacekeepers to stem violence sparked by the country’s disputed presidential election.
A Kenyan policeman was lynched by a mob of demonstrators today in revenge for the shooting of an MP by another officer.
Fri, 01 Feb, 2008
An opposition MP has been shot dead by a policeman in Kenya’s Rift Valley today, the second to be killed this week as the country’s violent slide into chaos continues.
Thu, 31 Jan, 2008
Africa is facing a genocide in Kenya and must make resolving the crisis a priority, the head of the African Union told the continent’s leaders today at the opening of a three-day summit.
It is up to Africa to help Kenya resolve a dispute over elections that has sparked spiralling violence, the African Union chief said as the continent’s leaders converged in Ethiopia for a summit.
THE top US envoy to Africa called the violence in Kenya “ethnic cleansing” and said yesterday Washington was reviewing its hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the country.
Violent anti-government protests in Kenya’s Rift Valley are aimed at the ethnic cleansing of the Kikuyu tribe there, a diplomat claimed today.
Wed, 30 Jan, 2008
Fresh waves of violence swept Kenya today in the wake of the murder of an opposition MP.
Tue, 29 Jan, 2008
Fresh riots broke out on the streets of Kenya's capital Nairobi today after an opposition politician was murdered by gunmen at his home.
Ethnic clashes convulsed western Kenya today as gangs fought with crude weapons and set homes ablaze, pushing the death toll from a month of violence over the country’s flawed presidential election to nearly 800.
Sun, 27 Jan, 2008
People were burned and hacked to death today in ethnic clashes in Kenya’s western Naivasha town, the latest flashpoint of violence over President Mwai Kibaki’s re-election.
Sporadic gunshots rang out today in a main Rift Valley city as Kenyans forced from their homes by post-election ethnic violence threatened to seek revenge.
Sat, 26 Jan, 2008
Tribal violence flared again in Kenya today with mobs burning down half a town, killing at least two people.
Fri, 25 Jan, 2008
KENYA’S feuding leaders shook hands and smiled yesterday after a landmark first meeting brought about by former UN chief Kofi Annan, a month after disputed presidential polls.
Kenya’s president and his main opposition leader finally met today for the first time since their dispute over elections sparked nationwide violence that has left hundreds dead.
Thu, 24 Jan, 2008
Kenya’s opposition party was today accused of organising some of the worst violence in the wave of killings that have swept the county.
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