Kenya, Ethiopia launch joint defence committee to…
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Kenya, Ethiopia launch joint defence committee to strengthen military cooperation
* Kenya has convened the first session of the Kenya–Ethiopia Joint Defence Committee (JDC I) in Nairobi, signalling a renewed push to consolidate bilateral defence cooperation and tighten regional security coordination in the Horn of Africa.
* The session builds on a formal Defence Cooperation Agreement signed in September 2025, updating an earlier pact first concluded in 1963, shortly after Kenya’s independence.
* The Nairobi talks follow a series of high-level security engagements between the two countries in recent months, including reciprocal visits by senior intelligence and military chiefs aimed at enhancing information exchange and synchronising border-security operations.
* Such engagements reflect a long-standing pattern of cooperation on defence and intelligence matters, driven by shared concerns over extremist activity, arms smuggling, and cross-border instability.
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* Kenya has convened the first session of the Kenya–Ethiopia Joint Defence Committee (JDC I) in Nairobi, signalling a renewed push to consolidate bilateral defence cooperation and tighten regional security coordination in the Horn of Africa.
* The session builds on a formal Defence Cooperation Agreement signed in September 2025, updating an earlier pact first concluded in 1963, shortly after Kenya’s independence.
* The Nairobi talks follow a series of high-level security engagements between the two countries in recent months, including reciprocal visits by senior intelligence and military chiefs aimed at enhancing information exchange and synchronising border-security operations.
* Such engagements reflect a long-standing pattern of cooperation on defence and intelligence matters, driven by shared concerns over extremist activity, arms smuggling, and cross-border instability.
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