Deal brings hope that Kenya’s dark chapter is over
“The signing of the agreement is a shining example of how Africans themselves can find peaceful resolution to their political challenges”
By Daniel Wallis
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyans moved to put one of their country’s darkest chapters behind them on Friday after the president and opposition leader agreed to power-sharing aimed at ending a bloody post-election political crisis.
President Mwai Kibaki and his rival Raila Odinga signed the deal setting up a coalition government on Thursday after a month of often bitter negotiations punctuated by riots and ethnic violence around the east African nation.
The two men had come under huge pressure from world powers and Kenya’s 36 million people to find a solution to forestall more bloodshed and help repair the country’s reputation as the region’s business, tourism and transport hub. Read more