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Tweet on Somaliland officials visit to Nairobi fuels diplomatic spat

Kenyan Ambassador to Somalia Lucas Tumbo. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG
By: BusinessDailyAfrica Differences between Kenya and Somalia have escalated as Mogadishu wrote a protest letter to Nairobi for hosting officials of the breakaway Somaliland. Somalia’s Foreign Affair’s ministry summoned Kenya’s Ambassador to Somalia Lucas Tumbo and handed him the undisclosed protest notice. The protest was triggered by...

Kenya Posta Signs MoU With Somaliland Postal Services

From left to right: Postal Corporation of Kenya Postmaster General Dan Kagwe, Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and Youth Affairs Joe Mucheru, Somaliland Deputy Ambassador to Kenya Sharmake Gele and Director General Somaliland Postal Services Yousouf Warsame soon after signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the two postal bodies. /COURTESY
By:Capitalfm The Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Somaliland Postal Services to explore cooperation in the areas of mutual interest in international mail processing and delivery, knowledge exchange and innovative solutions in Kenya, Somaliland and other African...

Ethiopia,Somalia leaders en route to Nairobi to meet with President Kenyatta

Ethiopia,Somalia leaders en route to Nairobi to meet with President Kenyatta
Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somali Republic President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed are currently on their way to Nairobi, Kenya to meet with President Uhuru Kenyatta. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is paying special attention to reconciling the differences that have emerged between Somalia and Kenya...

KDF soldier captured in El Adde pleads with Uhuru in al Shabaab video

By ADOW MOHAMED @adowmo A screen shot from a new video by al shabaab militants, of a KDF soldier captured in El Adde, asking President Uhuru Kenyatta to withdraw troops from Somalia/YOUTUBE Al Shabaab militants have released a video of a man allegedly captured in the...

Somalia:Al Shabaab kills Kenyan fighters over spying suspicion

Kenyans fighting for Al Shabaab are being killed as tension rises between foreign fighters and their Somalia commanders over suspicion of spying. A large number of Kenyan Al Shabaab fighters have since sneaked back into the country and some of them arrested. On Monday, 26-year-old Ahmed...

Kenya: 150,000 police officers sent to vote centres in security drive

A total of 150,000 police officers were on Friday deployed to voting centres ahead of the General Election on Tuesday. They were drawn from the regular unit, the Administration Police and the General Service Unit. UNBIASED The last batch of officers will arrive at their destinations by...

British Prime Minister Theresa May became the first UK leader to visit Kenya in 30 years to boost economic ties

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday became the first UK leader to visit Kenya in 30 years, Photo by AP
 British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday became the first UK leader to visit Kenya in 30 years, bringing security and development funding to East Africa’s commercial hub and neighboring Somalia as Britain seeks to boost economic ties ahead of a bumpy exit from...

Somalia Foreign minister consults with the country’s ambassador to Kenya

Somalia Foreign minister consults with the country's ambassador to Kenya
By: Staff Writer Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud Abubakar, met on Monday in his office at the ministry in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Ambassador of to Kenya, Mr. Mohamud Ahmed Nur "Tarsan", with the intention of consulting on...

Kenya to reopen Mogadishu embassy, ministry says

Somalia, Kenya agree to normalize bilateral relations
By: The East African Kenya says it is prepared to reopen its embassy in Somalia, following an invitation by Mogadishu on Saturday. In a note sent to Mogadishu on Monday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Kenya also asked Somalia to reopen its mission in Nairobi, which...

Kenya Wins UN Security Council Seat As Non-Permanent Member

By: MoDuale Kenya has won the UN Security Council seat after beating Djibouti in second round of voting  Thursday. The contest between Kenya and Djibouti headed to the second round of voting Thursday after the first phase saw Nairobi’s victory insufficient to win the UN seat. With 191...