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Kenyan youth club helps to heal ethnic tensions

February 14, 2008

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki faced increasing international pressure on Thursday to agree to a power-sharing deal to end Kenya's post-election turmoil. Former UN chief Kofi Annan, who has been mediating crisis talks, is pushing for a "grand coalition" government to resolve a dispute over December elections that unleashed violence in which more than 1,000 people have died. As political and diplomatic attempts to find a solution to the crisis continue, ethnic tensions remain rife in several parts of the country. In Nairobi's Mathare slum, a youth association won a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2003 for its success in fostering community development through sports and particularly soccer. It now finds itself faced with a new challenge. An AFPTV report.