{"id":21093,"date":"2021-01-27T08:44:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T05:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=21093"},"modified":"2021-01-27T08:45:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T05:45:02","slug":"au-calls-for-restraint-on-kenya-somali-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/27\/au-calls-for-restraint-on-kenya-somali-border\/","title":{"rendered":"AU calls for restraint on Kenya-Somali border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The African Union (AU) has urged Kenya and Somalia to engage in dialogue and ensure peace at their border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairperson Moussa Faki tweeted that peace at the border was important for regional stability:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fighting broke out at Baled-Hawo, a town in the south-western region of Gedo in Somalia, on Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somalia has accused Kenya for being behind the attacks. Kenya has however denied any involvement in the border clashes and called for the AU to intervene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal government and Jubbaland\u2019s administration have been disputing the process for elections and control of some regions bordering Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somalia last month severed diplomatic relations with Kenya after accusing Nairobi of \u201cblatant interference\u201d in Jubbaland affairs. Kenya denied the accusation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/businessfocus.co.ug\/au-calls-for-restraint-on-kenya-somali-border\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Union (AU) has urged Kenya and Somalia to engage in dialogue and ensure peace at their border. 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Somalia has accused Kenya [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":20122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AU calls for restraint on Kenya-Somali border - Uganda Mirror<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/27\/au-calls-for-restraint-on-kenya-somali-border\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AU calls for restraint on Kenya-Somali border - Uganda Mirror\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The African Union (AU) has urged Kenya and Somalia to engage in dialogue and ensure peace at their border. 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