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Odinga sworn in as Kenyan premier
Raila Odinga has officialy became the premier of Kenya. This was disclosed at the minister sworning ceremony held in Kenya. The BBC article has the detailed story of this phenominal move in Kenya."Kenya's opposition...Kenya: Government 'Clarification' Raises Fears Deal Could Unravel
After weeks of tricky negotiations and riots and protests that claimed over 1,000 lives in racially-fuelled violence, Kenya finally looked poised to form a government between the two parties.However, after the deal was signed, the structure for the new government was...Kenya MPs urged to back agreement
MPs are being pushed to accept a law that would share power between president Mwai Kibaki and make opposition party leader Raila Odinga Prime Minister in a power-sharing deal."Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki has urged...Kenya talks suspended for consultations
Nairobi (ANTARA News/Xinhua) - Talks aimed at ending post- election crisis in Kenya were suspended late Tuesday after rival groups failed to agree on crucial issues.Former UN head and mediator Kofi Annan said the session was put on hold so that the Panel of Eminent African...U.S. wants Kenya solution "yesterday"
" U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Kenya's feuding parties on Monday to hurry up with a pact to end a post-election crisis that has killed 1,000 people and dented their nation's global status. "The time for a political settlement was yesterday," Rice said...Kenyan Bloggers Speak Out Against Violence
The turmoil continues in Kenya, especially now that President Kibaki has announced his hand-picked cabinet, which included the leader of the third-place party as his vice-president. The opposition has been howling ever since, and fears abound of violence intensifying in the...Glimmer of Hope Out of Kenya as Opposition Parties Talk
Sporadic violence is still flaring up around the country and many people are still unable to return to their homes and businesses after Kenyan's president announced the third party leader as his vice-president, enraging the opposition."Negotiators for President Mwai Kibaki...U.S. Envoy Calls Violence in Kenya ‘Ethnic Cleansing'
A recent envoy from the U.S., who watched thousands of people driven from their homes in Kenya, says the violence is politically motivated and the result is nothing short of ethnic cleansing. Check out our previous coverage here:"Anthony Nganga Kimani realises that as a...Kenya: Street Battles Rage On
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly makes one wonder the Decline of Civilization where once it is said it all began for Humankind, whether Africa is increasingly becoming a Lost Cause, where no one...Kenyan Olympic Athletes in Hiding after 15 People Killed, Hundreds Injured in...
Even after agreeing to be prime minister under the opposition leader, violence and protests continued across Kenya, killing at least 15 people and injuring hundreds.Previous NowPublic Kenya coverage here.The violence...Violence in Kenya Ahead of Talks
"Police fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse dozens of supporters of President Mwai Kibaki, hours before former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was due in Kenya to mediate the deadly dispute over Kibaki's re-election. "Kibaki is our president!" the supporters shouted in...Kenyan Demonstrators Clash With Police In Second Day of Protests
Adding more flames to the fire, a local television station published video of a Kenyan police officer allegedly killing a protester. According to one of my sources in Nairobi, the ethnic segregation has gotten so systemic in some parts of the country that bankers aren't being...Kenyan Demonstrators Clash With Police In Second Day of Protests
Adding more flames to the fire, a local television station published video of a Kenyan police officer allegedly killing a protester. According to one of my sources in Nairobi, the ethnic segregation has gotten so systemic in some parts of the country that bankers aren't being...US urges Kenyan political leaders to have more peace talks
"The exchanges between Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga are "not enough and not a sustained communication to find a final political resolution to the crisis," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.The spokesman made the...Kenyan Death Toll to Rise, Shoot To Kill Order Still Active
Continuing the extremely tense situation in Kenya this week, officials with the Red Cross fear that the number of people killed will rise if things don't change soon. The death toll is nearing 600 right now, with...
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