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Somaliland Set To Host Investment Forum In Nairobi

Somaliland envoy to Kenya Mr Bashe Awil Omar and Minister for Trade Peter Munya at the Trade ministry offices in Nairobi on November 15, 2018. PHOTO | COURTESY
NAIROBI – Somaliland government, through its Liaison office in Nairobi, will on Friday hold a major investment conference in the Kenyan capital to woo investors to the Horn of Africa nation. Somaliland is targeting top Kenyan and East African investors to Hargeisa and Berbera, the...

Kenya, Djibouti sign four pacts to deepen trade and bilateral ties

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – Kenya and Djibouti today signed four agreements aimed at boosting trade and deepening bilateral links. The agreements were signed at State House, Nairobi, where President Uhuru Kenyatta hosted Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who is on a three State Visit...

Kenyan-born defender called up to Somali national team

Abdi Salim at Syracuse Orange Image: HANDOUT
By:TheStar Kenyan-born defender Abdi Muya Salim who plays for Orlando City in the US Major Soccer League has been called up to the Somali national team for the coming World Cup qualifiers. Salim...

Kenya President Arrives In Kinshasa For A Three-day State Visit Of DR Congo

Kenya President Arrives In Kinshasa For A Three-day State Visit Of DR Congo
By: Staff writer  Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Kinshasa for a three-day State Visit of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the invitation of President Felix Tshisekedi. The Kenya Airways aeroplane carrying the President and his entourage touched down at N'djili International Airport in...

Somalia denies auctioning oil and gas blocs in disputed maritime areas

Somalia has denied allegations of auctioning off neighboring Kenya’s oil and gas blocks amidst a simmering diplomatic tiff between the two countries. The denial comes barely a day after Kenya summoned its ambassador to Somalia while expelling the Somalia envoy. In a statement issued on Sunday...

Kenya president sworn-in as police block rival opposition meeting

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday, shortly before riot police teargassed the convoy of opposition leader Raila Odinga, who promised supporters he would be sworn in himself on Dec. 12. Such a move would only...

We’re not open for talks, Somalia says as Kenya seeks more time

Somalia Deputy PM presented Somalia’s position at the court following a summon amid claims Kenya had sought a further extension as the November deadline loom
By: HOL  Somalia has stood ground against any talks with Kenya over the maritime case at the International Court of Justice noting it had vested its confidence on the UN court. Deputy PM Mahdi Guled who led the Somali delegation to the ICJ at the Hague,...

Somalia and Kenya agreed to restore diplomatic relations

Somalia and Kenya agreed to restore diplomatic relations
Horndiplomat-Somalia and Kenya agreed to restore diplomatic relations and strengthen cooperation between two countries, after fruitful talks between two head of states President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo and President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi.   The leaders of Ethiopia,Somalia and Kenya met  to discuss extensively on the source...

Kenya confirms fourth COVID-19 case

Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its fourth case of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). In a televised address on Tuesday afternoon, Health minister Mutahi Kagwe said the patient—tested at a private hospital in Nairobi—arrived in the country from London on March 9. He, however, did not reveal the nationality...

Kenya denies interfering with Somalia’s internal affairs

President Uhuru Kenyatta with his Somalia counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo after the National Prayer Breakfast at Safari Park hotel in Nairobi on May 31, 2018. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
By:Nation Kenya has rejected claims it is interfering with Somalia's internal affairs and dismissed them as "fabricated for political expediency". The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written a protest note to Mogadishu in response to a statement issued on Friday by Somali Ambassador to the UN,...