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UN urged to act on Kenya unrest Ban seeks to bolster Kenya talks
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France's foreign minister has appealed to the UN Security Council to help stop post-election violence in Kenya. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in an attempt to boost efforts to end post-election violence.
Bernard Kouchner expressed fear that the country was being allowed to slide into a "deadly ethnic conflict." Mr Ban will meet opposition leader Raila Odinga. He saw President Mwai Kibaki at a summit on Thursday.
Negotiations to end the crisis were postponed in Nairobi after an opposition MP was shot dead by a policeman on Thursday. The UN chief's predecessor, Kofi Annan, is expected to resume talks with the two leaders, postponed after an opposition MP was shot dead.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he would travel to the Kenyan capital on Friday to take part in the talks. France has called on the UN Security Council to help stop the violence.
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner expressed fear that the country was being allowed to slide into a "deadly ethnic conflict."
More than 850 people have died in political and ethnic violence since the 27 December presidential elections, which the opposition says were rigged.More than 850 people have died in political and ethnic violence since the 27 December presidential elections, which the opposition says were rigged.
In a statement issued from Paris, Mr Kouchner called on the UN Security Council to act. 'Special responsibility'
'Barbaric acts' The purpose of the visit was to offer support to Mr Annan's panel and be briefed on the humanitarian crisis, a UN official told Reuters news agency.
Barbaric acts are being committed, civilian populations are being killed in atrocious ways, with women and children raped Bernard Kouchner Tension after MP shot deadTrapped in a fracturing Kenya
At the AU summit in Ethiopia, Mr Ban urged Kenyan leaders to find a peaceful way out.
"President Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga... have a special responsibility to solve the crisis peacefully," he told delegates.
And in a statement issued from Paris, Mr Kouchner called on the UN Security Council to act.
"In the name of its duty to protect, it must urgently come to the aid of Kenya's population," he said in a statement."In the name of its duty to protect, it must urgently come to the aid of Kenya's population," he said in a statement.
"Barbaric acts are being committed, civilian populations are being killed in atrocious ways, with women and children raped.""Barbaric acts are being committed, civilian populations are being killed in atrocious ways, with women and children raped."
If Kenya burns, there will be nothing for tomorrow Alpha Oumar KonareAfrican Union commission chairman class="" href="/1/hi/world/africa/7219461.stm">Tension after MP shot dead class="" href="/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7218355.stm">Trapped in a fracturing Kenya There has been fresh violence in the Rift Valley
"We fear that this drift could plunge Kenya into a deadly ethnic conflict.""We fear that this drift could plunge Kenya into a deadly ethnic conflict."
At a summit in Ethiopia, African Union commission chairman Alpha Oumar Konare told African leaders that they should get involved in resolving the crisis. At the summit, African Union commission chairman Alpha Oumar Konare told African leaders that they should get involved in resolving the crisis.
"We cannot sit here with our hands folded," he said."We cannot sit here with our hands folded," he said.
"If Kenya burns, there will be nothing for tomorrow.""If Kenya burns, there will be nothing for tomorrow."
In Nairobi, substantive negotiations started for the first time on Thursday but were adjourned after opposition MP David Too was shot dead in the western town of Eldoret.In Nairobi, substantive negotiations started for the first time on Thursday but were adjourned after opposition MP David Too was shot dead in the western town of Eldoret.
Police said the killing was a domestic dispute but the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) said he was assassinated.Police said the killing was a domestic dispute but the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) said he was assassinated.
Ban Ki-moon is heading to Nairobi to bolster talks
Mr Too was the second MP to be killed, and his death raised fresh tensions in parts of the Rift Valley, the scene of serious violence this month.Mr Too was the second MP to be killed, and his death raised fresh tensions in parts of the Rift Valley, the scene of serious violence this month.
Police fired teargas to disperse protestors in the town of Kisumu, and in the MP's home town of Kiwicho, buildings were set alight.Police fired teargas to disperse protestors in the town of Kisumu, and in the MP's home town of Kiwicho, buildings were set alight.
The peace talks in Nairobi are being led by the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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His successor, Ban Ki-moon - who was at the AU summit on Thursday - urged Kenyan leaders to find a peaceful way out.
"President [Mwai] Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga... have a special responsibility to solve the crisis peacefully," he told the summit.
He said he would go to Kenya himself on Friday to bolster the talks. He has already held discussions with Mr Kibaki in Ethiopia.
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