Raila factor in Obama contest

"Right-wing activists in the United States are attempting to use Senator Barack Obama’s Kenyan links to discredit him. Senator Barrack Obama and Mr Raila Odinga. Photo/ FILEThe activists, most of them conseervative Christians, claim that Mr Obama is a relative of Prime...

Odinga: Africa Should Force Mugabe Out, Era of Dictators Over

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga [who is also the Cousin of the Candidate for the Democratic Party Nomination for President of the United States Barack Obama] has declared that "the era of dictators is over" and that "Africa should act with speed and even force" to resolve...

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...

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...

Kenyan "Twin Presidents" meet to negotiate

Kenya's president and its main opposition leader met Thursday for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential vote sparked nationwide violence that left hundreds dead. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga arrived at the president's office in...

Kibaki and Odinga meet for first time in Kenya crisis

"Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki met opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election triggered weeks of bloodshed, a major breakthrough brokered by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan. The two leaders had not talked since the December 27 polls...