Kerry in Kenya to offer help against militants - officials


  • World
  • Sunday, 03 May 2015

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs for Kenya in Colombo, Sri Lanka May 3, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Harnik/Pool

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kenya on Sunday to offer help in countering Somali al Shabaab militants who have staged deadly attacks there and elsewhere in East Africa.

Kerry will also address Kenya's human rights in meetings with President Uhuru Kenyatta and other government officials as well as discussing the troubled peace process in South Sudan and violence in Burundi, a U.S. official said.

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