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Odinga's ODM to resume protests
11/01/2008 12:19 - (SA)
Nairobi - Kenya's opposition said on Friday it planned to restart protests across the east African nation against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election after the failure of African Union mediation.
Opposition leaders will hold an afternoon news conference "to announce the immediate resumption of nationwide mass action against the irregular presidential results," said Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) spokesperson Tony Gachoka.
Previous opposition protests had led to bloody clashes between ODM supporters and security forces. The country's total death toll was around 500.
This week's failure of African Union head and Ghanaian President John Kufuor to broker a deal had frustrated Kenyans, who had lived through one of the worst chapters of their nation's post-independence history since the December 27 vote.
The unrest had tarnished Kenya's democratic credentials, damaged east Africa's largest and previously booming economy, hit supplies to neighbours, and unnerved Western donors.
Kufuor flew out empty-handed on Thursday night, but said former United Nations head Kofi Annan, another Ghanaian, would lead a delegation of eminent Africans in another push to resolve the crisis.
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