The crisis that has rocked the deadly Kenya since the disputed re-election of President Kibaki in December is not yet settled, but a comprehensive agreement would be "very close". This is essentially what the country's former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a press conference held this afternoon in Nairobi, eagerly awaited after the cacophony of eve.

Kofi Annan announced yesterday that an agreement had been reached between President Mwai Kibaki and his opponent Raila Odinga, an assertion immediately contradicted by the head of the presidential delegation Martha Karua who had rushed to declare that no "definitive agreement" n 'was signed. The press conference today was to be an opportunity for Kofi Annan, appointed mediator by the African Union in this crisis is to define the content of the agreement in dispute.

"We have. We are very close. We are sure, "he told the press. Before outlining the timetable: the two sides will consult until Monday and the talks will resume Tuesday. According to sources close to the negotiations, points of difference too high prevented the conclusion of a definitive agreement yesterday. Both sides are agreed on the principle of a constitutional reform, likely to create a post of prime minister, but power-sharing within the government remains a problem.

The mediator of the African Union said they had identified "a reform programme for a new government." These reforms, in addition to the constitutional revision, include an overhaul of the electoral commission, the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission, previously announced a reorganization of the police…

The talks could be accelerated by the international pressure is increasing: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and must travel to Nairobi Monday to meet the protagonists in the crisis and lend a hand to Kofi Annan. The political and ethnic violence in Kenya made over 1000 deaths and 300000 displaced, according to the latest figures from the Kenyan Red Cross.