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Kenya, Somalia
Kenya's Somali community steps up pressure on Kenyatta over border tensions

Several big guns in the Kenyan government who hail from the region bordering Somalia are urging President Uhuru Kenyatta to revive dialogue with his Somalian counterpart Farmajo. [...]

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Abdikadir Mohamed
Adan Keynan
Aden Duale
African Union
Al-Shabaab
Farmajo
Jubilee Party
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Mohamed Yusuf Haji
Moussa Faki Mahamat
Noordin Yusuf Haji
Philip Kameru
Uhuru Kenyatta

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Deputy president and presidential candidate William Ruto, shown here on 15 March at his inauguration in Nairobi.

Somalia
PM Roble caught up in Kenyatta and Farmajo's war of the skies

The Kenyan leader would rather deal with Somalia's prime minister than its president. He is now threatening to completely close Kenya's airspace to flights from the neighbouring country, even those on humanitarian missions.

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Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble.

Somalia
Prime Minister Roble reluctantly upstages Farmajo

Propelled into the limelight by the negotiations that resulted in an electoral agreement on 27 May, the Somalian prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble is increasingly being seen as presidential material by certain regional leaders.

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Somalian Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble.

Somalia
Farmajo gains the upper hand on Kenyatta in Jubaland

Jubaland minister for internal security Adbirashid Janan has rallied to incumbent president Farmajo in a savvy political coup that is a slap in the face for all of Farmajo's direct political opponents, especially Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2021

Somalia and Kenya heads of state Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed aka Farmajo (left) and Uhuru Kenyatta.

Spotlight | Somalia
Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

Somalia's president, increasingly isolated in the international arena, saw his term in office end on 8 February. He is desperately seeking support from outside his clan to keep himself in the top job.

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Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.

Djibouti
Omar Guelleh angers Khartoum as he courts favour with Abiy

The Djiboutian president has raised hackles among the top brass in the Sudanese army as he seeks closer ties with the Ethiopian prime minister in the hope of persuading him to forget his long-running friendship with the Tigrayan leadership.

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President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh (left) talks with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali (right) during the 33rd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 09 February 2020.

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Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

The Tigray crisis and the security situation in Somalia will be given close attention by Martin Kimani, Uhuru Kenyatta's new permanent representative to the United Nations.

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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly.

Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

The Kenyan and Ethiopian heads of state are trying to have IGAD play to their tune, dampening the impact of the regional organisation's initiatives.

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at the inauguration of the Moyale border crossing in December 2020.

Kenya, United Kingdom
London agencies to train Nairobi's anti-terrorism units in 2021

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Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

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Uhuru Kenyatta and Musa Bihi Abdi, on 14 December 2020 in Nairobi.

Kenya
Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

As Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalian opposite number Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo position their armies on either side of their common border, American, British and European diplomats are trying to persuade the Kenyan head of state to engage in talks.

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President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo in 2017.

Kenya
Ruto tries to siphon off Kenyatta's campaign war chest

Deputy president William Ruto has turned to the businessmen of Central Kenya, who generally back President Uhuru Kenyatta, to raise funds for his election campaign.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto.

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Adan Keynan
Aden Duale
African Union
Al-Shabaab
Farmajo
Jubilee Party
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Mohamed Yusuf Haji
Moussa Faki Mahamat
Noordin Yusuf Haji
Philip Kameru
Uhuru Kenyatta

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