Kenyan violence sees light at the end of the tunnel?
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/ap_on_re_af/kenya_election_violence
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Kenya's worsening post-election violence looks like it may have an end in it's sights, following on from Kofi Annan's interaction as mediator earlier this week, the Kenyan political leader, Mwai Kibaki, and his rival party leader, Raila Odinga, have agreed to a form a new constitution within the next 12 months in a bid to halt any more of the unnecessary deaths that have occurred since the December 27th elections.
President Bush has also weighed in on the action, vowing to send US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to 'demand an immediate halt to the violence.'
It seems Bush may not need to send Condi in though, a Kenyan government negotiator, Mutula Kilonzo reportedly told the press that "The two parties agreed to write a new constitution."
Will this finally see an end to what has been a turbulent start to the new year?
President Bush has also weighed in on the action, vowing to send US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to 'demand an immediate halt to the violence.'
It seems Bush may not need to send Condi in though, a Kenyan government negotiator, Mutula Kilonzo reportedly told the press that "The two parties agreed to write a new constitution."
Will this finally see an end to what has been a turbulent start to the new year?
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In a formal press conference today, Kofi Annan reported that the battling mediators "have defined a reform agenda of a new government" and have made strides toward making constitutional and electoral reforms and building a truth and reconciliation commission.
Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the violence that has seen more than 1,000 people killed.
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