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Maritime dispute: Somalia rejects mediation ‘offer’

A delegation following the International Court of Justice hearings in the case of maritime delimitation in the Indian Ocean between Somalia and Kenya in September 2016. PHOTO | ICJ-CIJ
By: The East African Somalia says it will not accept mediation over a maritime dispute with Kenya, which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided in October 2021. Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign...

Kenya’s Odinga: No election rerun without ‘guarantees’

The electoral commission set a date for October 17 but Raila Odinga wants his legal and constitutional conditions met. Raila Odinga, Kenya's opposition leader, has set conditions for taking part in a presidential vote rerun in October after the Supreme Court annulled last month's poll won...

Kenya:Raila Odinga speaks about chaos, voter turn out

By DAVID MWERE More by this Author National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga on Friday toured Kibra constituency to assess the state of Olympic Primary School that was damaged during chaos on election day. Mr Odinga, accompanied by area MP Ken Okoth, condemned the burning of the...

Kenya Burns 5,250 Guns to Discourage Illegal Weapons

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s deputy president attended the burning of more than 5,250 firearms seized by authorities to discourage circulation of illegal weapons in a country battling extremist violence. Deputy President William Ruto presided over the blaze of rifles and pistols in three stacks about...

Al-Shabab Militants Attack Kenya Base Used by Kenyan, U.S. Forces

Al-Shabab Militants Attack Kenya Base Used by Kenyan, U.S. Forces
Heavy gunfire reported at Camp Simba army bases that hosts US & Kenya soldiers NAIROBI — Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab on Sunday attacked a military base in Lamu county in Kenya that is used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces, a source and al...

UPDATE:KDF denies al Shabaab claim of 66 deaths, working to take back camp

KDF has denied claims that scores died after al Shabaab militants attacked its base in Kulbiyow, Somalia, on Friday morning. Al Shabaab said its fighters killed at least 66 people, adding they overran the camp near the Kenyan border. The militant group also said it lost...

Kenya:35 Ethiopians charged with illegal stay

Thirty-five Ethiopian nationals have been charged with being in the country illegally. The illegal immigrants, who were arrested on Friday at Buna trading centre, were presented at the Wajir Law Courts on Monday. The immigrants told Wajir Resident Magistrate Mugendi Nyaga they were fleeing clashes between border communities...

Somalia and Kenya agree to normalize relations

Nairobi, April 03 , 2019 - Somalia and Kenya agreed today to normalize relations between the two neighboring countries after a bilateral meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad and his...

Tanzania bans Kenya Airways as coronavirus spat escalates

© TONY KARUMBA Tanzania has banned Kenya Airways flights as part of a diplomatic spat
By: AFP Tanzania banned Kenya's national airline from entering the country effective Saturday, in the latest move in a deepening row triggered by Tanzania's controversial handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Tanzania said Kenya Airways flights were being banned "on a reciprocal basis" after Kenya decided against...

Presidential election rerun postponed in western Kenya

Electoral body to announce new date for voting in four counties as sporadic political violence claims another life. BY:Hamza Mohamed Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya's electoral commission has postponed for the second time in two days the presidential election rerun in some parts of the country's western region over security...