Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta appears to have won the presidential election in the first round with the slimmest of majorities, as Kenya’s electoral commission prepared today to announce the final results of the nation’s presidential election.

Kenya’s president and his chief rival made key concessions to end the dispute over the country’s elections, calling off protests and agreeing to talks under pressure from the US as the death toll from a week of violence reached nearly 500.

Kenya’s embattled opposition vowed to stage another day of rallies today, setting the scene for more violence amid a political deadlock between the president and his chief rival.