Kenya president eyes re-election
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Kenya's president says he will stand for re-election in December as a candidate for a new political alliance.
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Attorney General Amos Wako called on Thursday for an independent probe into Kenya's election after a day of battles between police and protesters disputing the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.
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Kenyans waited on edge for the result of their closest ever presidential election on Sunday, fearing more unrest after a chaotic vote count marred by widespread ethnic violence over accusations of rigging.
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Kenya's opposition said on Saturday it would resume protests next week over a disputed election, and five people were killed in politically-fuelled ethnic violence in the country's Great Rift Valley.
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A neck-and-neck race for Kenyaâs presidency with Raila Odinga, an unconventional opponent, will test whether voters will vote strictly along tribal lines.
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Ghanaian President John Kufuor will visit Kenya next week in an attempt to break the country's political deadlock and end its explosion of ethnic violence, his foreign minister said on Saturday.
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Kenya's opposition said on Friday it  planned to restart protests across the east African nation  against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election after the  failure of African Union (AU) mediation.
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U.S. envoy Jendayi Frazer was to meet again Monday with Kenya's opposition leader, who has signaled he is willing to share power with the government he accuses of rigging elections but at the same time called for mass rallies Â a move that threatens renewed bloodletting.
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki dissolved parliament on Monday, starting the countdown to what could be the closest election in east Africa's biggest economy.
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President Abdoulaye Wade sought to win a second seven-year term in office Sunday, facing off against 14 challengers as voting began in an election to decide who will lead one of Africa's most stable democracies.
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Kenyan voters went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new president and parliament with delays in some locations and charges from the main opposition candidate that the government was trying to rig the result.
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Kenya's president and its main opposition leader met Thursday for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential vote, shaking hands and promising to work for peace after a spasm of postelection violence left hundreds dead.
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Early tallies by Kenyan broadcasters showed President Mwai Kibaki trailing his main rival on Friday in the country's closest-fought election since independence in 1963.
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Kenya's opposition leader on Sunday signaled he is willing to share power with the government he accuses of rigging elections, but at the same time called for mass rallies
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Kenyan voters went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new president and parliament with delays reported in some locations and charges from the main opposition candidate that the government was trying to rig the outcome.
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Jacob Zuma, who survived rape and corruption charges to become the president-in-waiting of South Africa, has harsh words for Kenya and Nigeria, where recent elections were marred by alleged fraud, violence and disputed results.
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International observers Tuesday called into question Kenyan election results that saw President Mwai Kibaki re-elected to a second term.