Somalia, Kenya ink deals on khat, aviation as relations warm


  • World
  • Saturday, 16 Jul 2022

FILE PHOTO: Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks during the opening of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The presidents of Somalia and Kenya signed a range of deals on Friday, including one to restart trade of the stimulant khat, the countries' foreign ministers said, in a sign of improving diplomatic relations.

The two neighbours are together battling an al Qaida-linked insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians in the last decade.

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