President Biden Meets President Kenyatta at the White House

    This is the first President Biden welcomes a leader of an African nation. President Kenyatta is in New York to chair the United Nations Security Council for the month of October. In addition, this is a crucial moment for Kenya, which is contending with a simmering feud with Somalia over its maritime border, a fragile peace in South Sudan and the diplomatic challenge of staving off an accelerating civil war and famine in northern Ethiopia. For the Somalia-Kenya case, the International Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday in favour of Somalia. Since then Kenya has rejected the ICJ ruling in totality.

US President Biden meets Kenya's President Kenyatta at the White House

    The two leaders are expected to discuss the security situation in the horn of Africa. These include the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, where the government forces have been accused of atrocities against civilians. 

    The meeting today comes amid an unfolding humanitarian crisis in neighbouring Ethiopia that has prompted calls for the United States to deploy more resources and attention toward the horn of Africa. 

    President Biden and President Kenyatta are expected to discuss the economy, climate change, the need to bring transparency and accountability to domestic and international financial systems. The discussion about financial transparency could prove to be tense following the Pandora Papers revelation, which was released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and media partners.  

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