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US elevates security relationship with Kenya during Ruto's state visit

US President Joe Biden welcomes Kenya's President William Ruto to the White House in Washington, May 22, 2024. [VOA]

The United States will designate Kenya as its first major non-NATO ally in sub-Saharan Africa, the White House said as President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed President William Ruto for a state visit. The significant strategic move signals the shifting of U.S. security cooperation to East Africa just as U.S. troops prepare to depart Niger, leaving a vacuum that Russian forces have begun to fill.

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