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Kenya Airways has postponed the launch of its direct flight from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to the Somali capital Mogadishu indefinitely. The national carrier which had initially planned to fly to Mogadishu beginning November 15 was to launch its direct flights to Aden...

By:kenyans Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji is dead. A family member confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke that the Senator died while receiving treatment at Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi at 5 a.m. The lawmaker fell ill in September 2020 and underwent surgery at the same institution that lasted four hours. It was reported that Haji slipped and dislocated his hip...

Kenya has opened a major new railway between the port city of Mombasa and the capital, Nairobi, 18 months early. President Uhuru Kenyatta said during the launch that the $3.2bn (£2.5bn) Chinese-funded line signalled a new chapter in the country. He warned that he would authorise...

Horndiplomat-On Wednesday, The foreign ministers of the two countries at the same time have opened discussions on strengthening diplomatic ties with Kenya keen to open up a liaison office in Somaliland capital Hargeisa. Kenyan foreign minister Monica Juma and her Somaliland counterpart Dr Saad Shire met...

By: Capital FM The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to continue supporting the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in upgrading port infrastructure to accelerate growth of the East Africa regional economies. JICA has...

By : East African  What is the genesis of the problem between Somalia and Kenya? It is the territorial dispute over the delimitation of a 100,000 square kilometres territory in the Indian Ocean. Somalia and Kenya are claiming part of the territory off the Indian Ocean. While...

By: BUSIWEEK Somaliland through its embassy in Nairobi will in November host an Energy and Infrastructure conference in the Kenyan capital. This is part of Somaliland’s long term mission to woo Kenyan investors in the energy sector to the mineral-rich area that is thirsting for foreign...

By BRUHAN MAKONG More by this Author President Uhuru Kenyatta asked Wajir residents to vote for Jubilee in August, saying his government had improved their welfare. Mr Kenyatta told off the opposition for saying the current administration had neglected residents of Wajir, Mandera and Garissa by failing...

By: Mohamed Duale The Executive Secretary of IGAD Amb. Mahboub Maalim meets with Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs. Horndiplomat reports During the high-level talks, the IGAD Executive secretary and Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs...

By: BBC AFRICA Kenya and the European Union have signed a major economic partnership agreement (EPA) that will guarantee the East African country duty-free and unlimited access for select products into the EU, its biggest export market.