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Letter from Mogadishu: Will Ruto keep his promise to re-open border with Somalia?

Kenya - Somalia border wall [File, Standard]


With just a week to go before April comes to an end, communities living along the common border between Kenya and Somalia are waiting for the pledge made by Kenya’s president William Ruto that it would be re-opened this month.


The excitement precipitated by the February announcement has not waned despite little activity to show that the entry and exit points along the border were about to be re-activated after a 15-year lull.

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