AU head goes to Kenya following violence
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The head of the African Union was traveling to Kenya on Wednesday for crisis talks as an explosion of ethnic violence followed the country's disputed election, including a mob torching of a packed church that killed dozens.
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Ghanaian President John Kufuor will visit Kenya to mediate between the violently opposed political factions within the next two days, Prime Minister Gordon Brown told BBC television Sunday.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki flew to Ivory Coast today in a bid to bring an end to the chaos after four days of sudden mob and government confrontations with French troops that have wounded hundreds and left at least 20 dead.
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The top American diplomat for Africa said that some of the violence that has swept across Kenya in the past month was ethnic cleansing.
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The African Union (AU), which is trying to help bring peace to the troubled region, said one of its monitoring helicopters had come under fire.
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NAIVASHA, Kenya  - Kenyans in the Rift Valley town of Naivasha were braced for fresh violence on Monday after a spate of ethnic killings which complicated efforts by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan to resolve a month-long crisis.
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Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is visiting areas affected by violence that followed Kenya's disputed poll.
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The AU chairman calls a summit on the crisis in Ivory Coast as foreigners continue to flee the West African country.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki is to travel to strife-torn Ivory Coast next week on a new mission as the African Union's special mediator, his spokesman said.
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Kenya's opposition leader called Sunday for the African Union to send peacekeepers to stem violence sparked by the country's disputed presidential election.
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South Africa's African National  Congress President Jacob Zuma has urged his supporters, angered  by corruption charges brought against him, to avoid the kind of  violence that has exploded in Kenya.
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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 top United States diplomat for Africa has described the violence in parts of Kenya since the disputed presidential election as 'clear ethnic cleansing'
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Britain on Friday called on Kenya's political leaders to allow the head of the African Union to visit the country to mediate in the violent post-election dispute after his scheduled trip was cancelled.
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Kenya's rival leaders have agreed to work with a mediation panel led by former UN chief Kofi Annan to end a political crisis that has claimed hundreds of lives, the head of the African Union said Thursday.
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South Africa&#39;s president, Thabo Mbeki, arrived in Ivory Coast yesterday to launch an African Union effort to resolve the crisis, as violence continued for the fourth day.
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NAIVASHA, Kenya  - Protests erupted in western Kenya and machete-wielding mobs faced off in the Rift Valley on Monday after scores of people were killed in ethnic violence, complicating mediation by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan.