Kenya rejects UN mediator
The Kenyan government has rejected South African Cyril Ramaphosa as the chief mediator in talks to end the post-election crisis, former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said today.
He said in a statement: “Kofi Annan this morning accepted with regret the withdrawal of Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African businessman who was unanimously chosen ... to serve as the chief mediator.
“Ramaphosa told Annan that he was withdrawing his name ... in the face of reservations by the government and Party of National Unity.”
