Igad, the East African bloc, has praised Kenyan President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga for agreeing to hold talks to end two weeks of protests over rising living costs and electoral reforms.
On Sunday, Odinga announced that his Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition had canceled its planned Monday protests in response to what he called President Ruto’s “olive branch.”
Workneh Gebeyehu, executive secretary of Igad, said in a Twitter post that the two leaders’ move would help “resolve differences on national issues through peaceful means and preserve Kenya’s unity and constitutional order.”
The canceled opposition demonstrations would have been the latest in a series of Monday and Thursday protests.
