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Kenya set for first miraa consignment to leave for Somalia

image credit: africasahara.com
By: farmers review africa Kenya is set to export its first miraa to Somalia today. Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) announced that Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya confirmed the report and said all systems go for the resumption of miraa...

Somaliland President arrives in Kenya for three-day state visit

By: Staff Writer Somaliland President Muse Bihi on Sunday arrived in Kenya . Bihi arrived at the JKIA ahead of schedule as he was expected in the country on Monday for a three-day state visit. According to a press statement from the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the...

Kenya Bridge Collapses Days After President’s Inspection

By Gaitano Pessa Kisumu — A bridge in Kenya's Budalang'i Constituency near the border with Uganda has collapsed a fortnight after President Uhuru Kenyatta inspected it. The $12 million (Sh1.2 billion) Sigiri Bridge, in Budalang'i Constituency, Busia County, was being constructed by the Chinese Overseas Construction...

Kenya recalls ambassador to Somalia, orders Somali envoy out

Kenya has recalled its ambassador in Mogadishu and ordered Somali envoy out of the country over alleged auctioning of oil and gas blocks in Kenya’s maritime territorial area that borders Somalia. The auction took place in London, United Kingdom, last week, Foreign Affairs PS Macharia...

Watch:Captivating love story between Chinese-African couples

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As Chinese and Africans get more opportunities to interact with each other following growing multilateral ties, many become friends and even fall in love. So how do the cultural differences feature in their relationships? Or are the differences over-exaggerated; could there actually be more similarities...

Kenya: Boost As Raila Odinga Endorsed As Azimio La Umoja Flag Bearer

BOOST AS RAILA ODINGA ENDORSED AS AZIMIO LA UMOJA FLAG BEARER.
By:Abdiaziz Daud , Horndiplomat Correspondent in Kenya, @Abdiaaziiz ODM leader Raila Odinga has been endorsed as the Azimio la Umoja movement joint presidential candidate ahead of the August 9 elections. Mr. Raila Odinga welcomed the endorsement and vowed to provide the leadership Kenyans are yearning for. "Today...

Raila Odinga promises open Kenya-Somalia border if elected

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Presidential candidate Raila Odinga adresing residents at Moi stadium in Mandera town. Image: STEPHEN ASTARIKO
By:The Star Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has promised to re-open closed Kenya-Somalia boarder if elected on August 9. Raila said that the border will be opened to enable business flow between the two countries. “We shall put in place all that is...

Kenya’s khat producers eager to resume exports to Somalia

A file picture, taken on July 16, 2013 shows a man holding khat in Nairobi. /AFP PHOTO
By: AFP As the afternoon sun starts to dip over central Kenya, the town of Maua buzzes with activity as the khat harvest arrives. For decades, over half a million people in this region have lived by the rhythms of khat, a mildly narcotic native shrub...

Kenya exports 81.4 tonnes of miraa to Somalia in four days

Kenya exported miraa (khat) worth Sh221 million in four days since the resumption of the Somalia market, highlighting the significant role that the commodity is playing in the economy
By: Daily Nation Kenya exported miraa (khat) worth Sh221 million in four days since the resumption of the Somalia market, highlighting the significant role that the commodity is playing in the economy. Head...

Somalia Govt response to Kenya’s decision to deny visas for Somali officials

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, during his inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu
Horndiplomat-Somalia Government says recent actions by Kenya to detain MPs and members of the cabinet, confiscate their passports, as well as a separate measure to institute mandatory stopover for direct flights from Mogadishu “contravene the neighbourly bond” between Somalia and Kenya - statement The following...