{"id":5886,"date":"2025-10-21T16:11:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5886"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:11:56","slug":"kenya-and-senegal-sign-cooperation-agreement-and-mutual-visa-waiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5886","title":{"rendered":"Kenya and Senegal Sign Cooperation Agreement and Mutual Visa Waiver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Nairobi \u2013 Al-Wadi Newspaper<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenyan President <strong>William Samoei Ruto<\/strong> announced on his official <strong>Facebook<\/strong> page the signing of a <strong>Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen bilateral cooperation<\/strong> between <strong>Kenya<\/strong> and <strong>Senegal<\/strong>, during the official visit of <strong>President Bassirou Diomaye Faye<\/strong> to Nairobi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ruto stated that Kenya and Senegal are working to <strong>expand cooperation in areas of mutual interest<\/strong>, emphasizing both countries\u2019 commitment to <strong>enhancing bilateral relations and exploring new partnership opportunities<\/strong>. He noted that the two sides are considering the establishment of a <strong>Joint Cooperation Commission<\/strong> aimed at <strong>removing barriers to trade and investment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-id=\"5888\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyana1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyana1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyana1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyana1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruto added that both nations have <strong>agreed to lift visa restrictions<\/strong>, allowing <strong>visa-free travel for up to 90 days<\/strong>, describing the move as a <strong>historic step toward strengthening people-to-people relations<\/strong> and advancing cooperation in <strong>tourism, trade, and investment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>visa waiver agreement<\/strong> was signed at <strong>State House Nairobi<\/strong>, in the presence of Presidents <strong>Ruto and Faye<\/strong>, marking a significant step toward <strong>deepening Africa-to-Africa relations<\/strong> based on mutual cooperation and partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" data-id=\"5890\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyana.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyana.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyana-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyana-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" data-id=\"5889\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yai3ooooo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yai3ooooo.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yai3ooooo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yai3ooooo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi \u2013 Al-Wadi Newspaper Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto announced on his official Facebook page the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Kenya and Senegal,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5891,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions\/5891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}