Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says talks between Kenya's government and opposition leaders aimed at ending a post-election political crisis have been suspended.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday urged the parties in Kenya's reconciliation talks to compromise and share power. The U.S. official met Kenyan leaders Monday during a one-day visit that was seen as raising international pressure for a political settlement to the disputed Kenyan elections. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi.

The chief mediator in the Kenya reconciliation talks, Kofi Annan, has briefed the Kenyan parliament on the negotiations. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi that the former U.N. Secretary-General placed a media blackout on the talks as part of efforts to forge an accord by the end of this week.

A delegation from the East African regional bloc IGAD has concluded a visit to Kenya to discuss the current political crisis. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, recent days have seen a flurry of diplomatic statements and visits addressing the political deadlock and violence that has gripped Kenya since a disputed December election.

Negotiations aimed at ending the crisis in Kenya are focusing on a political solution to December's disputed elections that left nearly 1000 people dead and 300,000 homeless. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi that the talks resumed Tuesday after negotiators agreed to end the violence and promote reconciliation.

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's choice to lead mediation efforts in Kenya has withdrawn from the process, after the government suggested he was biased in favor of the opposition.

The political crisis in Kenya is at the top of the agenda as the African Union holds its summit in Addis Ababa. But what can the AU do at this stage to help resolve the crisis and end the violence?

In Kenya, the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) which said it won the December 27 elections, has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court in The Hague against President Mwai Kibaki and the government for crimes against humanity and state-sponsored terrorism. ODM secretary-general Peter Anyang Nyong’o said Kenyan police have killed more than 1,000 post-election protesters and wounded tens of thousands.

Former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan is in Kenya to begin talks aimed at resolving the bitter political dispute between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition challenger Raila Odinga. Underscoring the urgent need for a solution, opposition supporters and the police clashed again in Nairobi. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has details from Kenya's capital.

Kenya's rival factions girded for fresh political battles at the first sitting of the new parliament as former UN chief Kofi Annan is set to make an effort to ease the crisis triggered by last month's disputed presidential election.

Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is launching a new organization to improve humanitarian assistance around the world. Mr. Annan says the new organization, called the Global Humanitarian Forum, will help people in poor countries play a greater role in finding solutions to their developmental and humanitarian problems.

Business and political leaders in Cape Town for the World Economic Forum on Africa say agriculture can fuel economic growth in impoverished countries. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stepped in to lead a new effort to double African farm productivity in the next 20 years.