{"id":4751,"date":"2021-06-01T20:02:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T20:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=4751"},"modified":"2021-06-01T20:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T20:02:26","slug":"somalia-reviving-ties-with-kenya-after-nearly-six-months-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2021\/06\/01\/somalia-reviving-ties-with-kenya-after-nearly-six-months-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia reviving ties with Kenya after nearly six months break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/somalia-restoring-diplomatic-ties-with-kenya-after-nearly-six-months-2021-05-06\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/somalia-restoring-diplomatic-ties-with-kenya-after-nearly-six-months-2021-05-06\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Somali government officials announced that they are working on repairing their tense relationship with Kenya. Kenyan foreign leaders responded in agreement to mend the bilateral relation. The Qatari government also spoke on the mending of the relationship by stating that they will have a role in peace negotiations and further bilateral legislation to keep the region stable. The relationship between Somalia and Kenya has been a problem for the region as of their first major dispute over maritime rights in 2019. The following year, Somalia faced an election crisis that led them to point to Kenya for answers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Somalia and Kenya, along with many African states, have had opposing views on a multitude of issues throughout history as a direct result of colonialism. States disagreeing over territory and oil rights has been fairly common, yet not many states have interfered in a conflict like this in a very long time. Qatar has seemed to do a great job at playing both sides and has worked out agreements before, but a peace agreement does not last forever. Somalia. If peace negotiations go through, then this can be an improvement to the overall region. It can be a great help to states around them by not having to pick sides and create a big international conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qatar stepping into a peacekeeping role is not new. Qatar has been establishing itself as a mediator for decades, starting with the Sudan and Eritrea agreement in 1999. Through a liberal lense, Qatar is long recognized as a helping hand to African states that are struggling as a consequence of imperialism. Conversely, Qatar could be benefiting from the conflict through a variety of factors, like an increase of influence over the region and exclusive trade deals. Other states near Qatar have also been \u201cpeacekeeping\u201d nations in order to get oil rights or political influence in African nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/somalia-restoring-diplomatic-ties-with-kenya-after-nearly-six-months-2021-05-06\/ Somali government officials announced that they are working on repairing their tense relationship with Kenya. Kenyan foreign leaders responded in agreement to mend the bilateral relation. The Qatari government also spoke on the mending of the relationship by stating that they will have a role in peace negotiations and further bilateral legislation to keep the region stable. The relationship&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2021\/06\/01\/somalia-reviving-ties-with-kenya-after-nearly-six-months-break\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4751"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4753,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions\/4753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}