Biden, Kenya President Kenyatta to hold White House meeting

FILE PHOTO: Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in Paris, France, October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will host Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for a meeting in Washington on Thursday as the White House weighs sanctions against parties to the conflict in a northern region of the neighboring East African country of Ethiopia.

The meeting at the White House will mark Biden's first as president with an African leader.