Kenya

By: Qatar Petroleum The agreement is subject to customary regulatory approvals by the government of Kenya. Following such approval, the partners comprising the consortium will consist of affiliates of each of Eni (the operator) with a 41.25% participating interest, Total with a 33.75% participating interest,...

By:BBC Kenya's finance minister has surrendered himself to the police after the chief prosecutor ordered his arrest over allegations of corruption. Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth over $450m (£405m) for the construction of two dams to the Italian...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Warns National Committee for Reconciliation Appointed by Somalia's President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo.   The following statement was issued today by the Somaliland Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Government of the Republic of Somaliland would like to respond to the Government of Somalia’s recent announcement of what it...

By:CGTN A Turkish diplomat in Kenya has revealed that both countries are set to sign a double taxation avoidance agreement by the end of this year. Turkey’s ambassador to Kenya, Ahmet Cemil Miroglu said the two countries are keen to improve investment and trade opportunities. “The officials...

By : East Africa Ethiopia prime minister has sent emissaries to Kenya and Somalia seeking to have their maritime border dispute resolved without worsening flagile diplomatic ties in the Horn of Africa. Officials in Nairobi and Mogadishu said Abiy, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Authority on...

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...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland makes a strong protest of Somalia's meddling in Kenya-Somaliland relations. The following statement was issued today by the Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  As Somaliland’s three decades of good governance, peace, stability and brotherhood towards its neighbours as an independent state has proven, the path...

Horndiplomat-Somalia protests against Kenya’s recent tweet using the word “country” for Somaliland. The Somalia Ministry of Foreign  affairs handed the protest note to Kenya’s Ambassador to Somalia. The following statement was issued today by the Somalia Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On Sunday (June 30th), the Ministry...

Somaliland’s Foreign Minister, Yasin Faraton on Thursday met with the Permanent Secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Peter Macharia in Nairobi. The two discussed issues of mutual interest between the two countries and ways of strengthening cooperation. Meanwhile,The Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs...

BY: BUSIWEEK With frosty relations between Kenya and Somalia which has seen the former close its borders and bar flights to and from Mogadishu, Kenya Airways is considering Hargeisa as its next destination in the Horn of Africa. This will be a massive boost for trade...