African Union chief fails to broker Kenya deal
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African Union Chairman John Kufuor quit Kenya on Thursday without a deal to end a political crisis that has killed 500 people, leaving the president and opposition leader accusing each other of wrecking talks.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 11 (IPS) - When Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade  refused to sign a free trade accord put forward by the European  Union last month, he urged that an alternative "partnership  deprived of paternalism and without prejudice" be sought.
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Talks between the South African government and representatives of public sector workers aimed at averting a strike later this week failed on Wednesday, a union spokesman said.
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Talks to end Kenya's political crisis collapse, but Kofi Annan is to lead further discussion.
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Togo has refused landing to a plane carrying a Nigerian team sent to resolve a constitutional crisis, Nigeria's presidential spokeswoman said on Friday.
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UN warns against humanitarian failure in southern Sudan in event of peace deal between government and rebels. ABUJA &amp; NAIROBI - The African Union chairman, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, said Monday
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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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An arrest warrant for Kenya's foreign minister is quashed after he finally turns up in court.
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Kenya's political rivals accused each  other on Thursday of sabotaging international mediation efforts  to end weeks of unrest, despite a symbolic handshake after  talks brokered by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan.
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Head of the African Union Olusegun Obasanjo holds crisis talks following a second day of fighting in Ivory Coast.
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Mediators from the African Union have adjourned peace talks between the Sudanese government and two rebel groups, after failing to persuade Khartoum to agree to a security agreement designed to
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa failed on Thursday to broker a deal to resolve Lebanon's political crisis, a senior Lebanese political source said.
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Foreign mediators raised the pressure on Kenya's president and opposition leader on Thursday to end post-electoral turmoil that has killed 500 people, but there was no sign of an immediate deal to end the crisis.
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Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki turns down a huge pay rise awarded by MPs, saying they were "other priorities".
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Head of African Union to mediate in talks between President Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga
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Kenya's president and his chief rival held talks Thursday for the first time since last month's disputed election, under international pressure to find a way to share power. But the president angered the opposition by insisting his position as head of state was not negotiable.
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The head of Kenya's Anglican Church rejects a compromise over gay bishops by US Episcopal Church leaders.