The US will designate Kenya as a “major non-Nato ally” as Washington seeks to upgrade its relations with Nairobi at a time of growing Russian and Chinese influence in Africa.
The step will be announced on Thursday at a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Kenya’s President William Ruto during the first state visit by an African leader to Washington in more than 15 years.
The announcement comes as Kenya prepares to send up to 1,000 police officers to Haiti as part of an international effort backed by the US to try to stabilise the security situation in the Caribbean nation. The US has pledged $300mn to underwrite the cost of a Kenyan-led security force.
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