Kenya: Kenya Keeps Somalia Border Closed Over Security Concerns, Ruto Says

Kenyan President William Ruto said Thursday that renewed instability in Somalia had forced Nairobi to keep its border with neighboring Somalia closed, nearly 15 years after the frontier was first shut. Reporting via AllAfrica. WOR continues to monitor the Somalia conflict for further developments and severity changes.

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