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.

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”.

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.

Kenya’s rival politicians have reached an agreement on a coalition government after weeks of bitter negotiations, former UN chief Kofi Annan said today.

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.

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.

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.

Kenya’s political rivals today agreed on an independent review of the election at the centre of their dispute.

Reports of a peace deal between Kenya’s rival political factions were described as premature by former UN head Kofi Annan today.

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.

America branded 10 leading Kenyan politicians “criminals” today and banned them from entering the country.

KENYA’S rival factions yesterday began tackling the thorniest issues in negotiations to end the bloodshed sparked by disputed elections that have claimed more than 1,000 lives.

GOAL chief executive John O'Shea is calling for the deployment of UN peacekeepers to halt ethnic violence in Kenya.

Kenya may need to deploy its army on the streets to quell political violence, a British minister said today.

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.

Violent anti-government protests in Kenya’s Rift Valley are aimed at the ethnic cleansing of the Kikuyu tribe there, a diplomat claimed today.

Fresh riots broke out on the streets of Kenya's capital Nairobi today after an opposition politician was murdered by gunmen at his home.

AS DUSK settled hordes of villagers wielding wooden planks, rocks and metal wire lined the road into town.

Rival tribes wielding machetes, clubs and rocks clashed in Kenya’s resort town of Naivasha today, as the death toll from a month of ethnic violence topped the 800 mark.

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.

Aid agency Goal is back on the ground in Kenya with workers distributing vital supplies to thousands of families left in dire need, it emerged today.

Tribal violence flared again in Kenya today with mobs burning down half a town, killing at least two people.

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 opposition party was today accused of organising some of the worst violence in the wave of killings that have swept the county.

KENYAN President Mwai Kibaki’s government last night warned opposition supporters it would crack down on planned protests against his disputed poll win, after it lashed out at critics, including Britain’s ambassador.

Kenya’s government today condemned an opposition plan to boycott companies linked to President Mwai Kibaki’s allies as “sabotage”.

Fierce fighting over land killed 22 people and left 200 homes burned in Kenya's troubled western Rift Valley, officials said today, yet another eruption of ethnic clashes following the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.

The final day of organised protests across Kenya saw violence erupt near the country’s Masai Mara game reserve for the first time.

Kenya’s embattled opposition said today that it would turn to economic boycotts and strikes to keep up pressure on President Mwai Kibaki, whom it accuses of rigging the country’s recent election.

An uneasy peace gripped Kenya today as the two main political rivals prepared for parliament to open tomorrow.

Kenyan police said today they will not allow three days of mass rallies planned next week to protest against President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed re-election.

Kenya’s main opposition party is planning mass rallies across the East African country, a spokesman said today.

KENYA’S rival leaders have agreed to work with a mediation panel led by former UN chief Kofi Annan to end a political crisis that has claimed hundreds of lives, said the head of the African Union yesterday.

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is to supervise negotiations in Kenya’s deadly dispute over presidential elections, the African Union said today.

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki, addressing countrymen who fled blazing homes and mobs wielding machetes and arrows, has rejected demands for a new election or recount.

The Catholic bishop of one of the Kenyan towns worst hit by the ethnic clashes said today that the attacks appeared well planned and organised.

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband today issued a fresh call for political compromise to end the violence in Kenya as the Foreign Office continued to warn against non-essential travel.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga today rejected an offer to form a unity government to end an electoral dispute that has caused ethnic violence.

The leading US diplomat for Africa is in Kenya today to encourage a peaceful resolution after a disputed presidential election sparked days of deadly riots.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern is dismissing calls from GOAL's John O'Shea for direct EU intervention to stop the violence in Kenya.

Dozens of people were feared dead today in the violence that erupted following Kenya’s presidential election.

President Mwai Kibaki was re-elected in the closest presidential election in Kenya’s history, the elections chief said today.

Kenya’s opposition candidate called on President Mwai Kibaki to concede defeat today, accusing him of fraud as a chaotic vote count sparked a second day of deadly violence that has killed at least 14 people.