Kenya

Kenya has a big role to play in Somaliland’s economic development if local investors venture in the Horn of Africa nation. Somaliland’s Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister Yasin Mohammed Hiir has encouraged Kenyan investors to take advantage of the...

Fear of an impending war between Kenya and it’s neighboring country Somalia, has caused Kenya to recall its ambassador in Mogadishu and ordered Somali envoy out of the country over alleged auctioning of oil blocs belonging to Kenya. In a...

Somaliland and Kenya have historical relations starting with the creation of Nairobi where Somaliland Camel Corps (SCC) provided protection to the engineers and architects during the design phase of the city. The SCC soldiers were first to settle today's...

Governor Hassan Joho and Somaliland’s envoy to Kenya Bashe Awil Omar, during a meeting, discussed harnessing the strengths of the two ports.   Plans are on course for the expansion of Berbera Port to provide an alternative shipping and trading hub...

Already there is a Somaliland liaison office in Nairobi but efforts are being made by the two countries to improve the ties for Kenya to recognize the sovereignty of Somaliland which broke away from Somalia over three decades ago.   Somaliland...

By Paul Goldsmith And Abdi Umar Nairobi, Jun 30 2009 — Naturally, threats to bring down glassy skyscrapers and demands that Kenya withdraw security forces patrolling the border evoke public alarm. Sometimes an ostensibly negative and emotionally charged development can flip over...

In August 2018, Somaliland President Musa Bihi appointed me to come and head the Liaison office in Nairobi. My previous mission was in the United Arab Emirates where I played a similar role as head of the embassy in Dubai. In...

  HUGE LOSSES: Nyambene Miraa Traders association chairman Kimathi Munjuri Image: Dennis Dibondo Miraa farmers from Meru have asked the government to resolve the diplomatic row with Somalia saying they are making huge losses following the frosty relationship between the two countries.   After...

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed at State House, Nairobi on March 23, 2017. PHOTO | PSCU The UN and other Somalia’s partners say the recent decision by Kenya and Somalia to normalise their relations will help...

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...