The Kenyan government and opposition reached a power-sharing deal, lead mediator and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced Feb. 28. The deal is meant to solve the country's political crisis, but tribal hostilities will remain unresolved.
Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced Feb. 28 that a power-sharing deal has been reached between Kenya’s ruling and opposition parties. The deal, meant to calm Kenya’s political crisis, is likely to devolve some executive powers to a prime minister’s position that will be created and will lead to the parties’ sharing Cabinet positions. In spite of the agreement, tribal tensions in Kenya’s rural areas will remain unresolved.