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NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya Defense Forces will have to operate with a $ 49 million deficit in the 2021/22 budget, it emerged, after the European Union slashed donor repayments to Kenya by 66%, ahead of AMISOM's exit from Somalia . AMISOM troops are expected to withdraw from the Horn of Africa nation upon full implementation of the Somali transition plan by the end of 2021. AMISOM has nearly 22,000 troops in Somalia, fully paid by the European Union, the UN, the United States among other partners. In a report tabled in…

Somali, Kenyan ministers in 'cordial' phone call amid diplomatic fallout NAIROBI, Kenya - Relations between Mogadishu and Nairobi could improve dramatically following a rare phone call involving two high-ranking ministers, charged with settling diplomatic issues, who have typically taken Somalia and Kenya to a crossroads. For almost a year now, Somalia and Kenya have been at loggerheads, their…

After a six-month shortage between Kenya and Somalia, diplomatic relations resumed following a silent exchange of letters between the two foreign ministries. On Saturday, June 12, Mogadishu had signaled that they wanted to open their respective embassies again. An invitation accepted on Monday, June 14 by Nairobi, which even speaks of a recovery "as soon as possible".…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - In what aims to degrade Somalia-based Al-Shabaab, the United Nations Security Council slapped three Al-Shabaab operatives with sanctions, following the latest coordinated efforts to end militant domination in parts of Somalia. The chairman of the Security Council sanctions regime on Monday announced a measure intended to help the Somali federal government fight the militants, who control large swathes of rural areas in central and southern Somalia, but have steadily continued to lose ground. ground.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia -In one of his assessments before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, General Stephen Townsend, commander of the US Africa Command, called Al-Shabaab militants "dangerous" and "destructive" in Africa. from the East, adding that "we must fight them and degrade them". The United States has been a major partner in the fight against Al-Shabaab, teaming up with African Union mission forces and other stakeholders in the training and equipping of the Somali army, in addition to providing aerial…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Aden Hassan Aden is leaving Somalia after a rather smooth but difficult stint as Ambassador of Djibouti, which has almost strained relations between the two sister nations, which share almost historic socio-economic and political fortunes. Last week, Aden Hassan Aden bade farewell to Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Gulaid, ending his tenure, in which Somalia nearly severed ties with your small country in the Horn of Africa, whose influence is growing rapidly in the…

Today, Sunday 13 June, marks the International Day for Albinism Awareness. In Kenya, activists working to change attitudes believe that progress is visible, even if the stigma remains. as reported from Nairobi, Albane ThirouardLocal actors agree: in recent years, the situation has developed in the right direction. Isaac Mwaura…

Boost as Joe Biden sends troops to Kenya in Al-Shabaab war NAIROBI, Kenya - US troops will work closely with the Kenya Defense Forces in the fight against Somalia-based al-Shabaab militants, it emerged just six months after Washington withdrew troops from Somalia under unclear circumstances. Former President Donald Trump, by executive order, ordered the withdrawal of troops in what he called a…

Robow kidnapped and KDF bombard Gedo over bad policy, says Hassan Sheikh MOGADISHU, Somalia - Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has once again attacked the administration of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, citing a series of problems which he says were triggered by bad decisions taken by the government. In a Twitter Space conversation hosted by Axadledubbed “Democratization and…

Somalia appoints team to investigate complaints about training of soldiers in Eritrea MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has bowed to pressure on the underground training of young soldiers in Eritrea, following protests from their parents and opposition figures, who accuse the government of withholding information on their progress. There are nearly 5,000 soldiers training in Eritrea, but the government has…