Kenya's foreign policy, alliances and global engagements.
Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed the stalling of the Nairobi Peace Process on his sidelining, domestic politics in Kinshasa and the expulsion of EAC regional force. Through a press conference by his spokesperson Kanze Dena on Thursday, Uhuru, who is the Facilitator of the EAC-led Nairobi peace process on the DRC, highlighted a series
The 24th EAC Extraordinary Summit on the DRC on Wednesday called on Congo to directly engage M23 and other armed groups in the east for a peaceful settlement of the conflict. President Felix Tshisekedi has maintained he will not dialogue with the M23, and has instead declared he will crush them militarily. The Summit also
The African Union peace ad Security Council has “unequivocally condemned foreign military support to M23 and any other armed group operating in eastern DRC. Following the 1256th Emergency Ministerial meeting on Tuesday, January 28, on the developments in the Eastern DRC, the AUPSC demanded the immediate cessation of such support and the immediate withdrawal of
DRC President Félix Tshisekedi will not participate in the virtual summit of heads of state of the East African Community that was to take place on Wednesday. The extra-ordinary summit was called at the initiative of President William Ruto in his capacity as the EAC chairman to discuss the developments in the eastern DRC, where
The African Peer Review Mechanism taken issue with the latest Moody’s Global Credit Rating Agency’s recent decision to revise Kenya’s economic outlook from negative to positive. In a press release on Monday, APRM said it had noted with concern the credit rating by Moody”s, which had reviewed Kenya’s outlook from ‘negative’ to ‘positive’ and reaffirmed
Former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has said Kenya’s deployment to Haiti is hurting Raila Odinga’s campaign for the African Union Commission Chairperson. Speaking during the launch of DAP-K party headquarters in Nairobi on Monday, Kalonzo, who served twice as Foreign Affairs Minister, said Kenya’s involvement in the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission was becoming a
Kenya President and EAC chairman William Ruto has convened an extraordinary summit “in the next 48 hours” to chart the way forward over the fighting in Eastern DRC. Through a recorded statement released on Sunday night, President Ruto said the escalating deteriorating peace and security situation in the DRC was of grave concern. “The humanitarian
The Democratic Republic of Congo has protested the expression used to describe the M23 by outgoing African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki in a recent statement. Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Gracia Yamba Kazadi in a call with AU Chargé d’affaires in Kinshasa Idrys Amir took issues with Faki describing M23 as a “politico-military opposition”. “During
President William Ruto on Saturday received a personal letter from his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, at State House Nairobi. In a statement on Sunday, Ruto said the letter was delivered by President Tebboune’s special envoy Mohamed Meziane, who is Algeria’s Minister of Communication. The Special Envoy was accompanied by Algeria’s candidate for Vice-Chair of the
Three Chinese nationals have been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of illegal mining and being in possession of gold bars and $400,000 in cash. The Congolese court in Bukavu, South Kivu province, on Tuesday found the trio guilty of money-laundering, illegal purchase and possession of mineral substances, among other charges.
Ambassador Guo Haiyan arrived in Nairobi on Tuesday to take up her post as the new China envoy to Kenya and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme and UN-Habitat. Guo was received at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by staff at the China Embassy in Nairobi, Foreign Affairs ministry Deputy Director-General of the Asia
The request by the Kenyan government for additional three months to prepare its submissions to the African Court on the implementation of the Ogiek rulings of 2017 and 2022 means the indigenous community will have to wait longer for justice to be served. The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Tuesday, November 12,
The United States has challenged the African Union to play a more engaged role in solving the war in Sudan. US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello on Friday in his engagement with AU officials reiterated that the continental organization is a critical partner for solving the Sudan crisis, including their facilitation of the civilian
