Annan upbeat after president meets Odinga
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President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga met face-to-face yesterday for the first time since a disputed election plunged Kenya into crisis
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Â· Kibaki put on defensive by Odinga's yes to mediation  Â· African Union head due to arrive to help end turmoil
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NAIROBI, Dec. 28 -- With vote-counting underway in what appears to be the closest and most open presidential contest in this nation's history, Raila Odinga, a fiery opposition leader, appeared to hold a strong lead over President Mwai Kibaki, according to early returns broadcast Friday on three m...
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The United States expressed confidence in Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday and said he should remain at the helm of the United Nations, an abrupt turnaround from its refusal to back him last week after a U.S. senator called for his resignation.
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Kenya's feuding political parties may reach a breakthrough within days to help end violence after a disputed election that has left more than 1,000 people dead, mediator Kofi Annan said on Friday.
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Kofi Annan, the former head of the UN, will today provide details of a peace deal aimed at restoring Kenya's stability after weeks of deadly violence
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was in touch with President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on Tuesday night to express his deepest condolences and maximum support for the continuing relief work and rescue operations in the tsunami devastated areas in
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Former U.N. boss Kofi Annan met Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday to try to end a political crisis that has fuelled weeks of bloody unrest.
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Visiting UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday thanked all the nations that had worked to help lift Israel's embargo on its neighbor Lebanon.
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Kenya should have a political solution to its election dispute this week, but its divided parliament must swiftly endorse wider reforms, former U.N. chief Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.
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Kenya's president assured former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday he wanted talks to resolve a political crisis that has sparked deadly violence, but it was unclear the president welcomed any outside mediators.
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Kenya on Tuesday to try to end a political crisis in which at least 650 people have been killed, and urged the feuding parties to start talks and respect the rule of law.
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will hold talks with Kenya's feuding parties on Wednesday to find a rapid solution to a standoff over a disputed election that erupted into a bloody political crisis.
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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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NAIROBI, Jan. 24 -- President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga met briefly Thursday for the first time since Kenya's disputed presidential election threw the country into weeks of protests, riots and ethnically charged violence.
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United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has opened a special session of the Security Council in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. It is the first time in 14 years that the UN Security Council has met outside New York.
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan said on Tuesday he was hoping for "positive" news in the   next 48 hours on whether Israel would lift an air and sea   blockade on Lebanon.