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

Uhuru Kenyatta and Musa Bihi Abdi, on 14 December 2020 in Nairobi. © State House Kenya

For three days, the Kenyan head of state rolled out the red carpet for Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi. Bihi himself took advantage of the trip to meet one of the leaders of the opposition to Somali president Farmajo, with the help of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga. [...]

Published on 21.12.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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