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US and Kenya sign defence deal ahead of possible Haiti mission

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (left) and Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Defence Aden Duale shake hands after signing a defence cooperation agreement in Nairobi, Kenya on September 25, 2023 [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]

The United States and Kenya have signed a defence agreement that will see the East African nation get resources and support for security deployments as it has volunteered to lead an international mission to violence-plagued Haiti.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Kenya’s Defence Minister Aden Duale signed the accord on Monday at a meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, guiding the countries’ defence relations for the next five years.

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