Agreement ends Kenya Crisis

The agreement arrived at by Koffi Annan and the mediators between ODM and PNU - the creation of an executive Prime minister - promises to end the crisis in Kenya. In the following video, Kofi Annan announces the details.




The agreement took two days of intense diplomacy by chief mediator Kofi Annan and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. It is reported that President Kibaki and ODM leader Raila Odinga ignored the views of hard-liners in their camps to arrive at this coalition agreement in which the Opposition shares power with the government.


The whole region will be greatly pleased by this outcome. Kenya’s crisis has caused shortages in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Sudan, DRC Congo and some parts of northern Tanzania.


The BBC World News also has a YouTube video on the Kenya power share deal.


And here is a positive story of Kenya broadcast on CNN. Documentary filmmaker Carol Pineau gives us a peak at her new documentary on Kenya, filmed during the troubles. She talked to CNN's Isha Sesay:




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