﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Kenya Unrest from Newser</title><description>Will Kenya continue to spiral toward ethnic war in the post-election unrest? President Mwai Kibaki appealed for calm but opposition leader Raila Odinga remains combative, accusing Kibaki allies of &amp;quot;genocide.&amp;quot;</description><link>http://www.newser.com/</link><copyright>2008 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:50:52 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/24359/kenya-announces-shared-cabinet.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Kenya Announces Shared Cabinet</title><description>Calling for Kenyans to "put politics aside and get to work," president Mwai Kibaki named chief opposition leader Raila Odinga prime minister today in a move to end political strife with a power-sharing cabinet. The 40-member cabinet, including two deputy PMs, was divided evenly between the two parties, though the BBC notes that key positions remained with Kibaki loyalists.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/24359/kenya-announces-shared-cabinet.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:48:36 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/24273/deal-reached-in-kenyan-crisis.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Deal Reached in Kenyan Crisis</title><description>Kenya’s election crisis may finally be over. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga today reached a deal on a new cabinet, the BBC reports, ending the dispute that has long delayed a February power-sharing deal. The new cabinet will be announced tomorrow and should be in place before the parliament returns on Tuesday.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/24273/deal-reached-in-kenyan-crisis.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:30:31 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/23895/riots-flare-as-kenya-talks-stall.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall</title><description>Riots erupted again in Kenya yesterday as opposition leaders suspended talks with the government over a stalled power-sharing pact, reports the  New York Times . Dozens of men in a Nairobi slum lit bonfires and hurled rocks at police, chanting, "No cabinet, no peace!" The violence marked the first major riot since February, when Kenya's president and his main rival agreed to form a government together.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/23895/riots-flare-as-kenya-talks-stall.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 3:27:59 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/20926/tough-work-awaits-kenya-lawmakers.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Tough Work Awaits Kenya Lawmakers</title><description>Kenya's parliament reconvened today, the  New York Times  reports, and was immediately given the task of putting into law the power-sharing deal that ended the startling wave of violence that followed December's disputed election. "You must now become the ambassadors of peace and reconciliation,” President Mwai Kibaki told legislators. “Please forget the history of what has happened."</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/20926/tough-work-awaits-kenya-lawmakers.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:28:35 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/20806/kenya-govt-linked-to-militia.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia</title><description>Kenya's government might have played a direct role in sanctioning recent ethnic violence. A source tells the BBC that senior officials met with the violent Mungiki militia, with the aim of recruiting the outlawed group as a "defense force" to help protect the ethnic Kikuyu population. In January, Mungiki thugs allegedly used machetes to attack non-Kikuyu in the Rift Valley.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/20806/kenya-govt-linked-to-militia.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:44:33 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/20479/poisoned-arrows-riddle-kenya.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Poisoned Arrows Riddle Kenya</title><description>Kenya has struck a peace agreement, but its people are still stockpiling a new weapon of choice: poisoned arrows. A primitive arms industry is supplying ethnic warriors with the projectiles to replace their time-tested machetes,  Time  reports. “This is obviously something very wrong and very new,” said one former police commander.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/20479/poisoned-arrows-riddle-kenya.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:35:50 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/20322/kenyan-rivals-sign-peace-deal.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Kenyan Rivals Sign Peace Deal</title><description>Kenya’s rival political leaders signed a power-sharing deal today in a ceremony that brought jubilant crowds to the streets of Nairobi, the  New York Times  reports—a change from the violence that followed December's disputed election. The agreement creates a powerful prime minister position for opposition leader Raila Odinga, with cabinet positions filled by the parties of both Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/20322/kenyan-rivals-sign-peace-deal.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:54:54 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/20290/kenyan-leaders-reach-deal.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Kenyan Leaders Reach Deal</title><description>Kenya’s feuding leaders have finally reached a power sharing deal, Kofi Annan announced today after a four-hour meeting. Annan said he could not yet release details, but the deal is expected to spell out duties for the prime minister position to be created for opposition leader Raila Odinga, the BBC reports. Though the violence that swept Kenya after the election has waned, tensions remain high.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/20290/kenyan-leaders-reach-deal.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 7:37:29 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/20093/annan-suspends-kenya-talks.html?refid=rss_all_default</guid><title>Annan Suspends Kenya Talks</title><description>Mediator Kofi Annan is suspending the talks to end the bloody crisis in Kenya. In lieu of the negotiations, the ex-UN Secretary General says he will speak personally to rival leaders Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, reports the AP. "I hope people will understand this is a move intended to speed up action," Annan said.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/20093/annan-suspends-kenya-talks.html?refid=rss_all_default</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:46:47 CST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>