Kenya Accuses UN of Targeting General Fired in South Sudan
Kenya accused the U. N. secretary-general on Thursday of instigating an investigation of deadly attacks in South Sudan with the "preordained" outcome of blaming the Kenyan commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force, who was fired over events that occurred just three weeks after he...
Nobel Prize Winner Malala YousafZai Visits In Kenya In the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Horn Diplomat:-DADAAB, Kenya — Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is spending her 19th birthday in Kenya in the world's largest refugee camp? to draw attention to the global refugee crisis, especially as the Dadaab camp faces pressure to close.
Malala's spokesman, Taylor Royle, said the education...
Kenya, Ethiopia leaders arrive in Eritrea capital of Asmara for a tripartite summit
Horndiplomat-President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya and Dr. Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia arrive in separate flights in Asmara in the morning hours of today, 3 March for an official visit.
Upon arrival at the Asmara International Airport...
Somalia, Kenya Row Escalates After Alleged Breach of Air Space
BY: BLOOMBERG
Somalia summoned Kenya’s ambassador after a Kenyan-registered plane landed in the port city of Kismayo in the southern state of Jubaland without “official permission,” amid a simmering maritime-border dispute between the neighbors.
Jubaland won some political autonomy in 2013 and is among Somalia states...
Kenya:NASA will withdraw KDF from Somalia if it wins, Kalonzo says
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...
Kenya and Somaliland’s shared fight against terror: It’s time to solidify alliance
By ROBLEH MOHAMUD, The Star Kenya
The Las Anod conflict, a clan rebellion led by Dhulbahante traditional elders, continues to escalate and destabilize an already tense region. Kenya should be concerned.
The uprising, which...
Kenya or Somalia: Who owns the sea?
By:Friederike Müller-Jung / abj
For years, Kenya and Somalia have argued over where their maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean runs. The International Court of Justice in The Hague could now decide who owns the sea, a decision that will only suit one.
A narrow triangle...
Kenya’s security minister meets Somalia President over border tensions
Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Sunday met Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo in a bid to ease cross-border tensions between the two nations.
Matiang’i was sent by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to lead a delegation of top government officials for the visit as both...
Kenya a declared Guinea Worm Free country
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 23, 2018/ -- Kenya has become the latest Guinea Worm free country in the world after the WHO directorgeneral Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus accepted recommendations made by the International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication (ICCDE).
Dr. Ghebreyesus signed the recommendations and...
I Don’t Regret Reopening Kenya-Somalia Border, William Ruto Says amid al Shabaab Resurgence
By: TUKO
Kenya President William Ruto has dismissed critics claiming the decision to reopen the Kenya-Somalia border has resulted in a surge in al-Shabaab attacks.
Ruto argued the decision the government took was...