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Annan sets Kenyan election talks
deadlines
Jan. 30, 2008
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Former U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan has given the two sides in Kenya's disputed election
results two deadlines for talks in Nairobi, aides reported.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity and
opposition leader Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement each
appointed three-member negotiating teams who began meeting
Wednesday, the BBC reported.
Tuesday, Annan told each side they had two weeks to resolve
"immediate political issues" and up to a year to sort out further
details, the report said.
The political dispute over alleged vote rigging in the Dec. 27
vote has tribal implications, pitting Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe
against Luos and Kalenjins loyal to Odinga.
As many as 900 people have been killed since the results were
announced. Tuesday, an ODM parliamentarian was gunned down near
his home, prompting more clashes that killed at least nine people,
the report said.
Annan's mediation attempts are being helped by former Tanzanian
President Benjamin Mkapa and Graca Machel, the wife of
former-South African President Nelson Mandela.
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