Kenya

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: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent William Samoei Arap Ruto, the outgoing deputy president, was elected Kenya's fifth president on August 9, as the independent electoral and boundary commission chairman, Wafula Chebukati, announced. Independent...

By NICHOLAS KEUNG Education “crisis” comes at a time when the number of displaced children is exploding by 600,000 a year, refugee agency says in report. In the Kashojwa village school in Uganda, a total of 2,800 local Ugandans, and Somali, Congolese, Burundian and other refugees...

By ADOW MOHAMED Horndiplomat-Wajir East MP Abass Sheikh Mohamed wants the Kenya-Somalia border opened for free movement of goods and services. He said the “official but unpractical” closure of the border has led to inflow of contraband goods and illicit weapons. Kenya shares more than 800km-long border...

Kenyans are fleeing the Ethiopian border for fear of a clash between the Dassanach community of Ethiopia and the Turkana following the killing of an elder last month. Ethiopian elder Lobakate Lobolemai was shot dead on July 31 by a Turkana gunman during a church...

  Somalia on Tuesday agreed to lift a week-old ban on imports of Kenyan khat after a storm of controversy from angry growers of the leafy narcotic in neighbouring Kenya. The decision was made on the margins of a historic one-day summit in the Somali capital,...

By: The East African The African Union has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of Kenya to validate the election victory of William Ruto as president-elect. The seven judges of the Supreme Court...

Horndiplomat-Somalia and Kenya agreed to restore diplomatic relations and strengthen cooperation between two countries, after fruitful talks between two head of states President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo and President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi.   The leaders of Ethiopia,Somalia and Kenya met  to discuss extensively on the source...

While the COVID-19 was morphing from an epidemic into a catastrophic global pandemic, captivating the global news, a diplomatic confrontation is unfolding in the horn of Africa between Somalia and Kenya. On 2 March, fighting between the Somali National Army (SNA) and the regional Jubaland...

By: Business Daily Lawyers are emerging the biggest beneficiaries in the maritime boundary fight between Kenya and Somalia with revelations that the Treasury paid Sh300 million to Nairobi’s legal team handling the dispute. Revised estimates for the current year show that the budget for Kenya’s legal...