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A CSIS event with Michael Ranneberger, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Ambassador Urges-Sharing in Kenya."
January 16, 2008

Author:

Barry Schweid

Associated Programs:

Africa Program

Related Research Focus:

Africa

Excerpt:

Violence was down in Kenya on Wednesday, but the U.S. ambassador said it was "not going to be easy" to persuade Kenya's president and opposition leader to agree to power-sharing to remedy the outcome of their hotly disputed election.

"Both have looked us in the eye and said they are willing to have a dialogue without conditions," Ambassador Michael Ranneberger said by telephone from Kenya.

President Mwai Kibaki's one condition is that he will not step down, Ranneberger told reporters and others attending a conference at the Center for Strategic International Studies, a Washington think tank.

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