The East African
Tuesday April 13 2021
Cargo offloaded from a plane. Cargo transportation between the UK and Kenya may be disrupted as the two countries seek an amicable solution on the admittance of crew on their respective soils. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
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Cargo transportation between the UK and Kenya may be disrupted by up to a week from April 9 as the two countries seek an amicable solution on the admittance of crew on their respective soils.
Last week, both countries suspended passenger flights to each other’s territories in tit-for-tat decisions over lack of uniform controls on Covid-19.
The UK was the first on April 2 when it banned travellers from Kenya, except UK nationals, effective April 9. London argued that Kenya’s Covid-19 certifications for travellers have been faulty, with nearly 30 per cent of weekly 550 arrivals testing positive a day after arriving. Most of them had the South African variant of Covid-19, UK argued.
The East African
Monday January 18 2021
Members of Djibouti Fact-Finding Mission on the Kenya-Somalia dispute at the Kenya-Somali border to gather information required to resolve the row between the two countries. PHOTO | AGGREY MUTAMBO | NMG
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A mission to resolve the dispute has already visited the two countries.
The report of the fact-finding mission may not be binding on either country, but leaders of the three countries agreed that it should de-escalate tension.
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A Djibouti-led mission to resolve accusations of territorial violations between Kenya and Somalia has concluded a fact-finding mission in both countries.
Sent by Djibouti’s President Ismael Guelleh, the mission comprised a team of diplomats and military chiefs nominated by President Guelleh and visited Kenya and Somalia past week to verify claims by Mogadishu that Nairobi had interfered with Somalia’s territory.