In news from Africa, Kenya’s president and its opposition leader have agreed to begin negotiations to break the political stalemate following last month’s disputed presidential election. On Monday, the top US Africa envoy, Jendayi Frazer urged both sides to talk.

Jendayi Frazer: “It’s obviously clear that some Kenyans don’t feel that they have been treated fairly, they haven’t had their fair share of power and wealth and so addressing those grievances is necessary. So those are the areas that we think if a dialogue is to help to transform Kenya and to prevent a future crisis like we see today these areas probably need to be part of the agenda, but that’s the United States perspective; the agenda will need to be decided by Kenyans themselves.”

About 500 Kenyans have died in violence following the election. Another 250,000 have been displaced.