ELMENTEITA, Kenya — After reaching a power-sharing deal last week, Kenya’s rival political leaders are now confronting one of the most explosive issues underlying the post-election crisis, and one that every Kenyan government since independence has managed to avoid: land reform.
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House leaders from both parties and the White House yesterday reached agreement on a bill that would more than triple funding for the Bush administration’s global AIDS program, already the largest foreign aid initiative aimed at fighting a single disease in U.S. history.
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Kenya peace talks reach impasse
Former UN chief Kofi Annan has said rival parties in Kenya appear unable to resolve their differences, despite weeks of talks between the two sides.
Mr Annan urged President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to reach a settlement after separate meetings with the pair.
Governments fail to invest enough to prevent malnutrition
Nutrition experts say governments are not investing enough to prevent and treat malnutrition in women and children in poor countries.
African AIDS crisis continues despite $15 billion US initiative
JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 19 — Five years after President Bush vowed to “turn the tide against AIDS” in Africa, he is traveling across a continent where the government’s $15 billion investment has extended the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and eased the sense of certain doom once experienced by millions of other
Bush highlights malaria campaign
President George W Bush has said the US will help provide 5.2 million mosquito nets as part of a broader campaign to tackle malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
Some 600,000 displaced in Kenya
The United Nations believes up to 600,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Kenya as a result of the violence that followed elections.
Head of the UN emergency relief operation, John Holmes, said about 300,000 displaced people were in camps, with the same number living elsewhere.
UN envoy heads to Kenyan hotspots
UN emergency relief co-ordinator John Holmes has called for a peace deal after visiting some flashpoint areas of violence after Kenya’s disputed polls.
The envoy’s visit comes at a time of renewed hope that a political solution to the crisis can be found at talks.
