Bush pushes on Kenya, Darfur in Africa tour
President George W Bush yesterday launched a five-country Africa swing, highlighting US-backed victories against disease and poverty and calling for action to help "trouble spots" Darfur and Kenya.
During an hours-long stop in the tiny west-African country of Benin, Bush pushed for a "robust" UN peacekeeping force in the troubled Sudanese province and threw his support behind a possible power-sharing deal in Nairobi.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, expected in the Kenyan capital on Monday, will deliver a "clear message" that Washington wants an agreement to end violence that has left an estimated 1,000 people dead, he said.
"The key is that the leaders hear from her first hand US desires to see that there be no violence and that there be a power-sharing agreement that will help this nation resolve its difficulties," said the US president.
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