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Kenyatta and Suluhu still at odds over sharing tourism revenues

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) welcomes Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan (2nd L) at State House in Nairobi on 4 May 2021. © Simon Maina/AFP

The reopening of the Bolongoja border post, which connects Tanzania's Serengeti national park to Kenya's Masai Mara, is one of the last remaining bones of contention between the two countries after their respective trade ministers met in late May. [...] (279 words)

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