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TIMELINE-Kenya gets peace deal to end post-election crisis

Thu 28 Feb 2008, 14:24 GMT
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(Reuters) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed an agreement on Thursday after power-sharing talks to end to end a post-election crisis that has left at least 1,000 dead.

Here is a chronology since Dec. 27 presidential and parliamentary elections.

Dec 30, 2007 - Electoral Commission declares Kibaki re-elected and he is hurriedly sworn in. Riots erupt as Odinga says the vote was stolen.

Jan 4 - Kibaki says he will accept an election re-run if a court orders it. The next day, he says he is ready to form a government of national unity. The opposition rejects the offer.

Jan 8 - Kibaki announces 17 ministers for his new cabinet. Protesters burn barricades in response.

Jan 15 - Parliament is convened. The opposition, which won a majority of seats, takes the post of speaker.

Jan 24 - Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, mediating in the crisis, brings Kibaki and Odinga together for their first meeting since the crisis began.

Jan 28 - Opposition legislator Melitus Were is shot dead outside his home in Nairobi, triggering more rioting and ethnic killings.

Feb 5 - Red Cross says the death toll from Kenya's bloodletting has risen to at least 1,000.

Feb 16 - U.S. President George W. Bush, on a visit to Africa, throws his weight behind a power sharing deal for Kenya.

Feb 28 - Kibaki and Odinga sign agreement after talks on power-sharing.

Full Name: Republic of Kenya

Population: 36.9 million (July 2007 est.)

Capital/Biggest City Nairobi

Area: 582,620 Sq km

Language English, Kiswahili and local languages

Religions Christianity, Islam, Hindu (minority Asians)

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