ICC May Launch Kenya Violence Investigation Soon

The International Criminal Court may make a decision by early April on whether to begin investigations into the masterminds of Kenya's 2008 postelection violence, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday.

Annan, who brokered a power sharing deal that ended the violence, spoke in Nairobi, where he is brokering unity between the country’s principal leaders, President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who are feuding over the fight against official corruption.

Over 1,300 people died and 350,000 displaced in post election violence after Kibaki and Odinga both claimed victory in a December 2007 presidential election. [PE]