Former UN chief Kofi Annan has begun a new push to broker a deal between the Kenyan government and opposition, in attempts to end spiralling violence.
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Mr Annan will present the leaders with a "route-map" for talks, which the BBC's Adam Mynott says may last weeks.
The talks came as the death of an opposition MP sparked fresh violence.
At least four people died as mobs torched houses in a slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, after Mugabe Were, from beaten presidential candidate Raila Odinga's ODM party, apparently died in violence triggered by last month's disputed elections.
Meanwhile towns in the Rift Valley also witnessed outbreaks of inter-ethnic fighting.
Army helicopters fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a mob of ethnic Kikuyus attacking Luo refugees trying to flee the town of Naivasha.
"There is only one Kenya," said Mr Annan said, "we all have multiple identities but I hope you see yourselves as Kenyans first".
He warned that the crisis was having a "profound and negative impact" on the country and urged the two leaders to take the talks seriously or risk losing aid.
He said he believed that short-term political issues could be resolved within four weeks.
(BBC)
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