Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

Published on 11.01.2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

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

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

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Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

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Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

Somalia
Somali officials apologise to ousted UN envoy Haysom in political ploy

Somalia
Farmajo bets on the collapse of relations with Amisom

Kenya
Johnson and Kenyatta review status of BATUK forces

Kenya, Somalia
Washington weighs into Kenya-Somalia border row

Somalia
Post-AMISOM future begins to take shape

Somalia
UNSOM faces uncertain future

Somalia
AMISOM's future looks bleak

Somalia
Farmajo gains the upper hand on Kenyatta in Jubaland

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London deploys ISSEE deminers to Somalia

Somalia, Uganda
Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

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

Spotlight | Somalia
UN maps out Somalia's future without consulting African Union

Djibouti
Omar Guelleh angers Khartoum as he courts favour with Abiy

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MBDA to help Kenyan forces in AMISOM demine Al-Shabaab-plagued Somalian front

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Abiy surrounds himself with Tigray figures as crisis rages on

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Tigray crisis: Kenyatta struggles to convince Abiy to accept regional support