Washington and Nairobi have signed a defence agreement that will see Kenya receive resources and support for security deployments as it is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Kenya’s Defence Minister Aden Duale signed the accord at a meeting in the Kenyan capital on Monday, which is set to guide the countries' defence relations over the next five years as the war in East Africa against the al-Shabaab extremist group intensifies.
