Nairobi: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived here Friday to help in bolstering the 53-member African Union (AU) mediated talks between Kenya's feuding parties.

Ban, who reached Nairobi from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa after attending the AU summit Thursday, has called on the Kenyan people to "stop the killings and end the violence now, before it is too late".

He said his visit was to give full support to the Panel of Eminent African Persons, led by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, who is trying to resolve the Kenyan crisis.

While in Nairobi, Ban intends to meet opposition leader Raila Odinga, civil society leaders and the UN staff.

More than 800 people have lost their lives and 300,000 people have been displaced from their homes in the ethnic clashes triggered by the disputed December elections.

Source : IANS