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Kenya and Somaliland’s shared fight against terror: It’s time to solidify alliance

Somaliladners-18-March-023-London
By ROBLEH MOHAMUD, The Star Kenya The Las Anod conflict, a clan rebellion led by Dhulbahante traditional elders, continues to escalate and destabilize an already tense region. Kenya should be concerned. The uprising, which...

Kenya police, crowds clash in third wave of price rise protests

Supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga of the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) One Kenya Alliance, erect a barricade as they participate in a nationwide protest over cost of living and President William Ruto's government in Mathare settlement of Nairobi, Kenya March 30, 2023. REUTERS/John Muchucha
By: REUTERS Protesters threw stones at police in Kenya's capital and attackers set fire to an office run by the president's party in a western town on Thursday during a third wave of demonstrations organised by his...

Kenya loses 2.61 mln livestock to drought

This photo, taken on Feb. 28, 2023, shows the horns of livestock after their corpses were cremated near a livestock market in Kajiado County, Kenya. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)
Source: Xinhua Kenya has lost some 2.61 million livestock to drought in the past months as the crisis worsens in arid and semi-arid areas, according to the National Drought Management Authority.  Kenya has...

Suspected al-Shabab militants kill 2 police officers, wound 3 others in Kenya

Locator map of Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
BY: VOA Two police officers have been killed and three others injured in a suspected al-Shabab militant attack on a police vehicle near the Dadaab refugee camp in northeast Kenya. Security officials in...

Kenya to Reopen First Somali Border Post After 10-Year Shutdown

Somalia and Kenya border
By: VOA NEWS WAJIR, KENYA — Kenya has announced plans to re-open its Mandera border crossing with Somalia as part of efforts to improve border security and crack down on smuggled goods. Kenya says...

Horn of Africa Leaders to Back Somalia’s Final Push Against Al-Shabab

Horn of Africa Leaders to Back Somalia’s Final Push Against Al-Shabab
By:Zakariye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent The leaders of the Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya who gathered in Mogadishu on Wednesday for a day-long security summit agreed on a joint final push for...

Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya Leaders arrive in Mogadishu for security summit

Djibouti, Kenyan, Ethiopian Leaders arrive in Somalia to attend regional security Summit
By: Staff writer Djiboutian President, Ismael Omar Guelleh, Kenyan President, William Ruto, and  Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday arrived in the Somali Capital Mogadishu to attend the regional security Summit. The...

Kenya Set to Open Somaliland Office and Five More Foreign Missions

President William Ruto addresses government officials at the Inaugural Retreat for Cabinet and Senior Ranks of the Executive at Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nyeri County on January 7, 2023. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI| NMG
By: Mohamed Duale Kenya is set to open seven new foreign missions in the latest reorganization of President William Ruto’s government. According to Executive Order No.1 of 2023 by President Ruto, the seven...

Kenya’s Ruto: I fired police unit boss over killings

George Kinoti exited as the Director of Criminal Investigations in September
By: BBC WORLD Kenyan President William Ruto has disclosed that he fired the former head of criminal investigations over cases of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.President Ruto had previously said the former director of criminal investigations George Kinoti had...

‘I said what I said,’ Kenya Defense CS defends Muslim women’s right to wear hijab

Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale speaks during the launch of International Quran Competition at Sir Ali Muslim Club on December 20, 2022. PHOTO | SILA KIPLAGAT
By: HOL AND HORNDIPLOMAT Kenyan Defense Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has doubled down on his statements defending the right of Muslim girls and women to wear their hijabs in Kenya while criticizing the media for manipulating his...