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Ban seeks to bolster Kenya talks Ban calls to end Kenya violence
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in an attempt to boost efforts to end post-election violence. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on all sides in Kenya to stop the violence that has wracked the country since December's disputed presidential poll.
Mr Ban will meet opposition leader Raila Odinga. He saw President Mwai Kibaki at a summit on Thursday. "Look beyond the party lines. Look towards the future," he urged.
The UN chief's predecessor, Kofi Annan, is expected to resume talks with the two leaders, postponed after an opposition MP was killed. He met opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi, after seeing President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday in Ethiopia.
This led to clashes in some towns, in which police shot dead two protesters. Mediation talks between the government and opposition have resumed. At least three opposition supporters were shot dead by police in overnight clashes.
The BBC's Wanyama Chebusiri in the western town of Eldoret says there were running battles overnight between opposition supporters and the police. The latest violence was in the western town of Eldoret, where opposition MP David Too was shot dead by a policeman on Thursday.
Barbaric acts are being committed, civilian populations are being killed in atrocious ways, with women and children raped Bernard Kouchner 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 class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=4165&edition=2&ttl=20080126131755">Send us your comments Eldoret is where MP David Too was shot dead by a policeman on Thursday, in what police say was a domestic dispute but the opposition say was an assassination. The police say the MP was caught up in a domestic dispute but the opposition says he was assassinated.
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 KenyaSend us your comments The BBC's Wanyama Chebusiri in Eldoret says there were running battles overnight between opposition supporters and the police.
Thirteen people are in hospital with gun shot wounds, he says.
France has called on the UN Security Council to help stop the violence.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."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.
'Special responsibility''Special responsibility'
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. Correspondents say the purpose of the UN secretary general's visit is to offer support to his predecessor, Kofi Annan, who is mediating talks between the two sides, and to be briefed on the humanitarian crisis.
There has been fresh violence in the Rift ValleyAt the AU summit in Ethiopia, Mr Ban urged Kenyan leaders to find a peaceful way out. There has been fresh violence in the Rift Valley
"President Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga... have a special responsibility to solve the crisis peacefully," he told delegates. "I'm reasonably encouraged by the commitment and the willingness of all the political leaders as well the community leaders who are now looking at the possibility of resolving this issue though dialogue and peaceful means," Mr Ban told reporters, AFP news agency quotes him as saying.
And in a statement issued from Paris, Mr Kouchner called on the UN Security Council to act. "You have lost already too much in terms of national image... You lost many tourists, this is a very unfortunate situation for a country which has been enjoying freedom and security and stability," he said.
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."
"We fear that this drift could plunge Kenya into a deadly ethnic conflict."
Honey-hunters hitHoney-hunters hit
At the summit, African Union commission chairman Alpha Oumar Konare told African leaders that they should get involved in resolving the crisis. Mr Too was the second MP to be killed this week and his shooting led to the talks to be postponed until Friday.
"We cannot sit here with our hands folded," he said. As well as the trouble in Eldoret, police fired teargas to disperse protesters in the town of Kisumu, and in the MP's home town of Kericho, buildings were set alight.
"If Kenya burns, there will be nothing for tomorrow." Our correspondent says there is now a heavy security presence in Eldoret and the town remains tense.
In Nairobi, substantive negotiations started for the first time on Thursday but were adjourned after Mr Too was shot dead. Kericho is reported to be deserted with paramilitary police on the streets and shops and banks closed, he says.
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.
As well as the trouble in Eldoret, police fired teargas to disperse protestors in the town of Kisumu, and in the MP's home town of Kericho, buildings were set alight.
A small community of honey hunters who live in the mountains overlooking the Rift Valley has also been caught up in the violence.A small community of honey hunters who live in the mountains overlooking the Rift Valley has also been caught up in the violence.
Some Ogiek houses have been burnt down and many have gone into hiding the forests where they lack food.Some Ogiek houses have been burnt down and many have gone into hiding the forests where they lack food.
"When they are burning Ogiek houses they are saying it is because you voted for the Orange Democratic Movement," Kiplangat Cherugot, who works for a non-governmental organisation in the area, told the BBC's Network Africa programme."When they are burning Ogiek houses they are saying it is because you voted for the Orange Democratic Movement," Kiplangat Cherugot, who works for a non-governmental organisation in the area, told the BBC's Network Africa programme.
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