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Kenya crisis talks continue
Kenya crisis talks continue
Kenya's feuding political leaders are preparing for a second day of talks aimed at bringing an end to a month of bloodshed.They will meet again on Thursday to take part in mediation brokered by former UN chief Kofi Annan.Political and ethnic violence has killed 850 people in Kenya since President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election on December 27."Kenyans are killing one another at an alarming rate and are putting the country in grave danger of civil war," said Jennifer Windsor, executive director of US-based rights group Freedom House.Many Kenyans fear what will happen if Mr Annan's mediation fails to force an agreement between Mr Kibaki and his rival Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) who says the presidential poll was rigged.Kenyan authorities have now vowed to adopt a tougher approach to prevent the conflicts escalating out of control, with Mr Kibaki saying on Wednesday the security forces were under strict orders to take firm action against anyone inciting violence.Mr Odinga accused him of ordering an "inhumane and barbaric" shoot-to-kill policy.Military helicopters fired rubber bullets on Tuesday over an angry mob in the Rift Valley town of Naivasha - the scene of some of the bloodiest unrest in recent days - and the tougher tactics appear to have had some effect, being followed by a day of relative calm.© Independent Television News Limited 2008. All rights reserved.
ITN | January 30, 2008
