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Africa Subsaharan
MP's killing sparks Kenya unrest, coffee to the rescue
2008-01-29
Former UN chief Kofi Annan has begun a new push to broker a deal between the Kenyan government and opposition, in attempts to end spiralling violence.

Mr Annan opened talks flanked by President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga, who says Mr Kibaki stole victory in December's polls. Mr Annan will present the leaders with a "route-map" for talks, which the BBC's Adam Mynott says may last weeks.

The talks came as the death of an opposition MP sparked fresh violence. At least four people died as mobs torched houses in a slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, after Mugabe Were, from beaten presidential candidate Raila Odinga's ODM party, apparently died in violence triggered by last month's disputed elections.

Meanwhile towns in the Rift Valley also witnessed outbreaks of inter-ethnic fighting.
All this inter-ethnic fighting may be murderous, but it's great cardio.
Army helicopters fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a mob of ethnic Kikuyus attacking Luo refugees trying to flee the town of Naivasha.
Quagmire!
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