Mwangi Maina
Reporter, Diplomatic and Regional Affairs at The Standard (Kenya)
Independent Contributor at The Africa Report
Award-Winning African Journalist. Focus on Kenyan Foreign Policy and Africa. Twiplomacy. Fact Checker. Nairobian. Tips: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Mwangi Maina
What began as a textbook case of diplomatic policing has now morphed into a regional morality play, pitting free expression against regional fragility. Tanzania's decision to detain and summarily deport Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi under accusations of "external interference" has triggered a domino effect across East Africa's political consciousness.
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1 week ago |
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Mwangi Maina
Kenya had previously hosted SADR President Brahim Ghali and held formal ties with the self-declared republic, a stance that aligned more closely with Algeria and the African Union's historical support for self-determination. Kenya's foreign policy appeared to tilt sharply on Monday as Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi inaugurated Nairobi's first-ever embassy in Rabat and signed a joint communiqué that openly backed Morocco's autonomy plan over Western Sahara.
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1 week ago |
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Mwangi Maina
This comes amid heightened sensitivities between Nairobi and Mogadishu over Kenya's evolving relationship with Somaliland—a breakaway region that declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but lacks international recognition. In a move highlighting its careful diplomatic footwork, Kenya's Foreign Ministry on Monday evening issued a formal diplomatic note halting the planned inauguration of a new Somaliland liaison office in Nairobi.
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1 week ago |
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Mwangi Maina
The embassy was formally opened by Kenya's Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi and his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, in a ceremony attended by diplomats and invited guests in the Moroccan capital. Kenya on Monday officially inaugurated its first embassy in Rabat, marking a quiet yet significant shift in its Maghreb diplomacy.
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1 week ago |
eastleighvoice.co.ke | Mwangi Maina
Kenya is threading a delicate diplomatic needle, reaffirming its recognition of Somalia's sovereignty while quietly signalling engagement with Somaliland, the breakaway region whose leader is expected in Nairobi this week.
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Chad’s Riposte to U.S. Visa Ban. “Chad has no planes to offer, no billions of dollars to give but Chad has its dignity and pride,” said the country’s President in a Facebook post.
“Malay” is the root term of “Malaya,” which was the name of the Federation of Malaya after it gained independence from the UK. Today, it is known as Malaysia.
DRC has secured a seat at the UNSC, and will likely view it as leverage to spotlight violence in its mineral-rich east and counter Kigali’s destabilisation.
DRC's leadership sees a seat at the UNSC as leverage: to amplify global attention on the violence in its mineral-rich eastern provinces, and to challenge what it views as Kigali's destabilising hand in the region.
