African Union head meets Kenya's feuding parties
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African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenya's president and opposition leader on Wednesday to try to break a political impasse behind post-election turmoil that has killed about 500 people.
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More than 25 heads of state meet in Nigeria to try to resolve some of the Africa's most pressing problems.
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Kenya's political rivals announced on Friday a 10-point plan to resolve their political crisis after weeks of negotiations but they remained deadlocked over power sharing.
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An African Union mission to resolve a political crisis in Kenya that has killed 500 people ended in failure on Thursday as the president and opposition leader accused each other of wrecking talks.
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga on Sunday as ethnic violence in Rift Valley undermined efforts to mediate a month-long crisis that has killed 750.
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Kofi Annan opens new talks between Kenya's opposition and government, to try to end mounting violence.
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Washington's top diplomat for Africa met Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga on Saturday to seek an end to ethnic violence that has killed more than 300 people and shattered the country's peaceful image.
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President Mwai Kibaki's appointment of  a partial cabinet sparked more violence in Kenya overnight as  the African Union began talks on Wednesday to end post-election  turmoil that has killed around 500 people.
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The African Union announced that Kofi Annan, the former secretary general of the United Nations, will try to broker a truce in Kenya.
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African Union chief John Kufuor shuttled between Kenyan leaders Wednesday to try to resolve political deadlock following post-election violence that left 600 dead and displaced a quarter of a million.
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Major splits emerged on Monday at a summit of African leaders over how to forge a closer union, with some heads of state urging their peers not to move too fast and focus more on regional integration.
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Kenya's political rivals accused each  other on Thursday of sabotaging international mediation efforts  to end weeks of unrest, despite a symbolic handshake after  talks brokered by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan.
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African Union heads of state Thursday began a three-day summit in Addis Ababa focused on the deadly crisis in Kenya and the challenges facing the body's peacekeeping missions.
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The crisis in Kenya is set to dominate an African Union summit  in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition rival Raila Odinga went into talks on Thursday for the first time since a disputed December 27 election fuelled weeks of riots and violence, witnesses said.
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Kenya's feuding president and  opposition leader have agreed to work with a panel of African  personalities to seek resolution to a dispute over the December  27 election, the head of the African Union said on Thursday.
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Kenya's feuding parties resumed talks on Tuesday after a torrent of calls from home and abroad to solve a post-election crisis that has killed 1,000 people and tarnished the east African nation's reputation.