Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Kenya opposition calls off protests
Al Jazeera English.
Kenya’s opposition has called off planned street protests intended to pressure the government into agreeing to a power-sharing deal.
Raila Odinga backed down over Thursday’s planned protests as he and Mwai Kibaki, the president, came under increasing pressure to reach a compromise deal to end the country’s post-election crisis.
“We ... are committed to the talks,” Odinga told reporters on Wednesday after meeting Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general who is mediating crisis talks in Kenya.
“We have postponed until further notice any actions planned for tomorrow.”
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