AU chief urges Kenya resolution
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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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African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenyan leaders on Wednesday to try to break a political deadlock following disputed presidential polls that sparked widespread violence and left at least 600 dead.
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Gordon Brown renews his plea for Kenya's political leaders to enter talks aimed at ending the violence.
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Kenya's political leaders to "engage in a spirit of compromise" in a statement issued Wednesday.
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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 leaders consider requests to contribute to a peacekeeping force for Somalia at the AU summit.
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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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Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai on Wednesday urged President Mwai Kibaki to open dialogue with opposition foe Raila Odinga to stem unrest that has claimed more than 300 lives.
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The UN special envoy for Somalia on Monday urged that the African Union (AU) contingent in the war-torn Horn of Africa country be beefed up and that a government of national unity be set up.
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Kenyaâs president is ready to form âa government of national unityâ to help resolve disputed elections that caused deadly riots, a government statement said.
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Africa cannot thrive unless Kenya does, so Africans must make solving its crisis a priority, the head of the African Union told the continent's leaders Â among them the Kenyan president Â at Thursday's opening of a three-day summit.
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The African Union chairman headed to Kenya on Tuesday to help end turmoil that has killed almost 500 people, but hopes of a swift breakthrough seemed to falter.
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NAIROBI, Kenya  -- International pressure mounted on Kenya's leaders Wednesday to end postelection violence that has killed more than 300 people, including dozens burned alive as they sought refuge in a church.
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African Union chief John Kufuor shuttled between 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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The UN Security Council's first official response to Kenya's crisis calls for "dialogue and compromise".
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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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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.