Kenya

By: Horn Diplomat & Standardmedia Three Somali officials with diplomatic passports were denied entry at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi on Monday evening in a tiff that seems to be escalating between Somalia and Kenya. A Somali based radio station Dalsan FM identified the three...

By:VOA The Kenyan government is seeking to postpone a hearing on a maritime dispute with Somalia, according to a diplomatic source. Both countries claim control over a 100,000-square-kilometer area in the Indian Ocean that is said to be rich in natural resources. The source told VOA's Somali...

It is back to the drawing board for the campaign teams of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his main challenger Raila Odinga – thanks to the historic ruling by the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice David Maraga invalidating the incumbent’s re-election. While a fresh election...

Somalia and Ethiopia are in need of food aid, FAO has said. The UN body yesterday warned the risks are massive and the costs high. It said response must be immediate. “The magnitude of the situation calls for scaled-up action and coordination at the national and...

The election period in East Africa started in February last year with elections in Somalia, then continued with Rwanda, which have been clear from the very beginning, and ended in 2017 with an appraisal and an agonizing selection process in Kenya. Kenya's has been more...

A US congressman is seeking to halt Kenya's pending $418 million weapons purchase from an American contractor. Nairobi aims to acquire ammunition, machine guns, rocket launchers, and guided bombs mounted on 12 Air Tractors converted agricultural aircraft intended to bolster the Kenya Defence Forces' campaign...

State House had explained the circumstances that prompted the Somali government to ban importation of miraa from Kenya. In a press briefing on Sunday, State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu said that the Somalia Government interpreted Munya’s visit to Somaliland as Kenya’s recognition of the region...

By: The Star Kenyan troops will not leave Somalia any time soon, Chief of Defence Forces General Robert Kibochi has said. In an interview with KBC, Kibochi said Somalia is unstable and their security forces still need support from the African Mission to Somalia. Gen Kibochi, the...

NASA will withdraw KDF troops from Somalia immediately it ascends to power after the August election and instead seek democratic options in the war on al Shabaab. Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka faulted the continued presence of Kenyan troops in Somalia and said it is unwise...

Opposition leader makes surprise announcement prior to new supreme court-ordered presidential vote Kenya’s opposition has said it will boycott a presidential election rerun that is due in less than two weeks, throwing the east African state into a full-blown political crisis. The new poll was ordered...