Marc Perelman speaks to Raila Odinga, Kenyan Prime Minister, about the situation in Ivory Coast, Libya and Kenya. The former African Union mediator for Ivory Coast gives us his insight into Laurent Gbagbo's last days before his arrest by forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara.
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga (left) flew back to Nairobi Wednesday after failing to broker a deal between Ivory Coast's rival presidents, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara (right).
The mediator in Ivory Coast, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga (right), said Monday that progress had been made toward ending the country's presidential crisis even as supporters of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo (left) vowed to die for their cause.
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga (pictured right) has arrived in Ivory Coast on behalf of the African Union bearing a new offer for the country's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, who is resisting international pressure to step down.
Six people were killed on Sunday when two explosions hit a political rally in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi, where demonstrators had gathered to protest a proposed new constitution.
It's just over two years since Kenya hit the international headlines: a tightly contested presidential election in December 2007, followed by inter-ethnic conflict that nearly tore the country apart. But out of the terror came a glimmer of hope, as President Kibaki formed a coalition government with his main rival, Raila Odinga. Two years on, how much has changed?
Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga (pictured) has asked crisis mediator, and former UN chief, Kofi Annan to help resolve a growing row between the coalition government's two main parties over corruption allegations.
Women's activist groups in Kenya have called for a seven-day sex boycott of the country's men in an attempt to force politicians to overcome the ongoing deadlock. The prime minister's wife, Ida Odinga (left), supports the boycott.
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga believes the power sharing deal between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai "is dead" and that African governments should take decisive action to push Mugabe "out of power".
Kenya's historic unity coalition was sworn in on Thursday, with opposition leader Raila Odinga taking the oath as prime minister. The power-sharing deal is an effort to put an end to the country's worst political crisis since independence in 1963.
