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Johnson and Kenyatta review status of BATUK forces

Under pressure from the leaders of the Kenyan counties where British forces are stationed, President Uhuru Kenyatta is demanding that the troops of the British Army Training Unit Kenya - a controversial hangover from the colonial era - be subject to Kenyan law. [...] (270 words)

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British Army training unit makes concerted effort to clean up its image

The British Army Training Unit in Kenya, one of the UK's largest military training centres abroad, has been dragging a bad reputation in Kenya for years. This has led to recent efforts to restore its image with the help of communication experts, alongside a reorganisation of its missions. [...]

KENYA Defence Politics 14/02/2022

Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

Kenya's intelligence agencies are on high alert to try to prevent attacks by radical Islamist groups aimed at destabilising the country in the run-up to general elections. The groups are suspected of targeting Nairobi and Mombasa and counties that lie on the border with Somalia. [...]

UK prime minister Boris Johnson and Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. © Stefan Rousseau/Press Association images/MaxPPP

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KENYA UNITED KINGDOM Diplomacy 23/07/2021

Kenyatta and Johnson to trade vaccines for military bases in London

When the Kenyan president travels to London on 28 and 29 July for a major global gathering he'll have an opportunity for some down-to-earth talks with Boris Johnson, in the hope of getting his upcoming Covid-19 vaccines paid for. [...]

ETHIOPIA KENYA SOMALIA Diplomacy 11/01/2021

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. [...]

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

HORN OF AFRICA Politics 05/01/2021

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. [...]

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

ETHIOPIA KENYA Diplomacy 30/11/2020

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

Abiy Ahmed Ali has adamantly rejected any outside help in his confrontation with Tigray's leaders. That hasn't stopped Uhuru Kenyatta trying to establish himself as the leader of a pro-Abiy regional coalition that would put into play AU demands for moderation. [...]

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

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KENYA SOMALIA Politics 28/02/2020

Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

Relations between Kenya and Somalia are becoming tenser by the month. The Somalian president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo is having to contend not only with Kenya renewing its claims to Somalian territorial waters (which are thought to contain vast oil [. [...]

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