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Here’s more about the non-NATO ally designation, promised to Kenya during President Ruto’s Washington visit.
United States President Joe Biden pledged to designate Kenya as a major non-NATO ally on Thursday, which will make Kenya the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to hold the designation. This was during Kenyan President William Ruto’s three-day visit to the US.
Biden described the decision as “a fulfilment of years of collaboration”.
“Our joint counterterrorism operations have degraded ISIS [ISIL] and al-Shabab across East Africa, our mutual support for Ukraine…
