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
Summary
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.