Prime

Kenya closes border with Somalia in Lamu over security concerns

Fishermen from Lamu East, in southeastern Kenya, during a recent meeting. Fishing activities off the Coast near the Somalia border as well as cross-border trade have been outlawed. PHOTO | KALUME KAZUNGU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Kalume Kazungu

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Kenya has closed its border with Somalia in Lamu indefinitely as security operations against Al Shabaab militants intensify.

Lamu County Police Commander Mr Muchangi Kioi said the border will only remain open to security officers.

Be the First to Know

Get the stories shaping East Africa — delivered straight to your inbox

Conflict

  1. PRIME A regional war: Ethiopia troop pullout plan puts Somalia security under new strain

  2. Explainer: Why new war in Ethiopia’s Tigray threatens to trigger wider conflict

  3. PRIME Ethiopia, Sudan junta bicker again over RSF support claims

  4. PRIME East Africa’s oil rivalry is missing the bigger energy security question

Latest

  1. PRIME South Sudan breaks ground for Naivasha dry port

  2. PRIME Kenya’s Ebola scare reveals continental vulnerability

  3. PRIME South Sudan denies plan to eject foreign traders

  4. PRIME AI boom, trade resilience lift global trade outlook as gains uneven

In the headlines

View All