Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga after delivering an address to the nation at his campaign headquarters in downtown Nairob on Tuesday. Ben Curtis / AP NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga said Tuesday he’ll challenge the results...
The Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Somaliland Postal Services. The MoU seeks to explore cooperation in the areas of mutual interest in international mail processing and delivery, knowledge exchange and innovative...
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, April 22, appointed twenty-four (24) new ambassadors and High Commissioners to lead Kenyan missions abroad. Nyeri Deputy Governor Dr Caroline Karugu has been appointed Ambassador to Denmark, former ICT Permanent Secretary (now known as Principal...
Somaliland officials estimate close to 2 billion dollars’ worth of assets were destroyed in the fire. Nairobi, Kenya — Kenya has expressed solidarity with Somaliland after a fire at Waheen market on Friday which is considered Hargeisa’s lifeblood. The Ministry of...
Kenya and Somaliland are working closely to enhance mutual interests in regional peace, stability, and development. In a renewed effort to strengthen ties between the two sides, Members of the Somaliland House of Representatives landed in Nairobi for a series...
The UN's top court has ruled overwhelmingly in Somalia's favor in a bitter seven-year maritime dispute against its neighbor Kenya on Tuesday. In its judgment read by the presiding judge at ICJ, Joan E. Donoghue, the court granted Somalia most of the...
Patrick Gathara/Al Jazeera] By Patrick Gathara Undermining international institutions comes at a price. When he was first elected in 2013, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, along with his running mate, William Ruto, was awaiting prosecution at the International Criminal Court. They had been...
The Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier in the week named its chargé d’affaires and his team for its new consulate in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Plans to have a Kenyan consulate in Hargeisa were cemented last December when Somaliland President Muse...
The election of a new national leadership in Somalia will offer an opportunity to develop a new common framework for cooperation. By Cleophas Thomas Somalia’s leaders have agreed to hold delayed parliamentary and presidential elections by October 10 this year. The...
Regional competition on ports is shaping up as Somaliland and Tanzania angle themselves to give Kenya a run for its money in shipping and logistics. Dubai Ports World (DP World) and Somaliland have opened a new terminal at Berbera Port,...