{"id":115520,"date":"2025-06-10T23:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/?p=115520"},"modified":"2025-06-10T23:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:59:55","slug":"115520","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/2025\/06\/115520\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK government said it stands with the governments of Somalia and Kenya to strengthen defense cooperation."},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK government is strengthening its defence cooperation with Kenya, Somalia and Nigeria as part of a new strategy to focus on security in Africa.<\/p>\n

The partnership is outlined in a new Strategic Defence Review (SDR) report published by Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

The report describes the three countries as strategic partners who are vital to countering global threats and protecting vital trade and maritime routes.<\/p>\n

The UK has described Somalia as a key pillar of UK security interests. As it grapples with the growing insurgency by Al-Shabaab, Somalia has received significant support from the UK, including a $3.9 million increase to the UN Security Council\u2019s Somali Security Forces Support Fund.<\/p>\n

According to the report, this funding will support military supplies, troop life, and medical evacuations, as part of efforts to stabilize security in Somalia.<\/p>\n

The UK’s broader partnership with African countries will be a key pillar of the UK’s security and foreign policy in the long term, she said.<\/p>\n

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The UK government is strengthening its defence cooperation with Kenya, Somalia and Nigeria as part of a new strategy to focus on security in Africa. The partnership is outlined in a new Strategic Defence Review (SDR) report published by Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s government. The report describes the three countries as strategic partners who are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":115521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dhacdoyinka-caalamka","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115520"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115534,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115520\/revisions\/115534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}