U.S. Envoy Heads to Kenya as Focus Shifts to Diplomacy
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NAIROBI, Jan. 4 -- As the top U.S. diplomat for Africa flew into town, the violent post-election crisis in this normally peaceful East African nation simmered Friday with no obvious solution in sight.
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Africa Union Chairman John Kufuor is expected to arrive in Kenya Thursday for talks to calm ethnic tensions in the wake of Thursday's disputed presidential vote.
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Washington wants the U.N. Security Council to meet next month at the site of peace talks in Kenya between rebels in southern Sudan and Khartoum's government, U.S. Ambassador John Danforth said on Friday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Kenya promising American help if the crisis can be resolved.
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Kenya's former colonial ruler Britain sought Tuesday to use its diplomatic muscle to help end deadly violence there, backing Commonwealth and African efforts to resolve a standoff over disputed elections.
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Former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan was due to arrive in Kenya on Tuesday to try to mediate in a post-poll crisis that has torn the country in two and triggered weeks of violence that killed at least 650 people.
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Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan set Tuesday as a target for Kenya's government and opposition to name negotiators to try to end tribal violence in which more than 800 people have been killed.
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Washington wants the U.N.  Security Council to meet next month at the site of peace talks  in Kenya between rebels in southern Sudan and Khartoum's  government, U.S. Ambassador John Danforth said on Friday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived  in Kenya on Friday to witness the fruition of one of his early  policy priorities, the signing of a peace accord ending  southern Sudan's civil war.
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The United States is considering  whether to have a diplomatic presence in Somalia, where  Islamists were ousted from the capital at the end of last year,  the State Department said on Thursday.
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U.N. Security Council ambassadors were still quibbling over how best to pressure Sudan and rebels to end two different wars in the country even as they left for Kenya on Tuesday for a meeting on the crisis.
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Washington is wielding a visa weapon against prominent Kenyans who have allegedly encouraged weeks of postelection bloodshed, threatening to bar politicians and businessmen from visiting the U.S., America's ambassador said Thursday.
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NAIROBI, 16 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - The United Nations Security Council meeting that is due to take place on Thursday and Friday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, will focus on the situation in Sudan and on the peace process in Somalia,a UN official said.
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will hold talks with Kenya's feuding parties on Wednesday in an effort to find a rapid solution to weeks of political crisis.
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UN Security Council ambassadors departed for a high-profile Africa visit, hoping to bring an end to two separate wars in Sudan despite internal bickering over how to do so.
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Kenya's president and his chief rival made key concessions Monday to end their election dispute, calling off protests and agreeing to talks under U.S. pressure
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The U.S. Embassy issued a strong warning Wednesday to Americans considering a visit to Kenya, saying violent crime was increasing and that Kenyan authorities have limited capacity to prevent it.