🇰🇪 🤝 🇺🇸 Kenya has become the first African “Major non-NATO Ally” of the U.S.

🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🏴 It comes as Washington seeks to push back against growing Russian and Chinese influence in the region.

📢 US President Joe Biden designated Kenya as a "major non-NATO ally" on Monday, making it the first sub-Saharan African nation to receive the designation.

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2321k) (the “Act”), I hereby designate Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally of the United States for the purposes of the Act and the Arms Export Control Act," said a White House memorandum.

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🔶️ Biden then pointed to Nairobi's assistance with the US's national security priorities, including efforts to defeat the Daesh/ISIS terror group as well as al-Shabab in East Africa, what Biden described as "mutual support" for Ukraine and ongoing efforts to deploy a Kenyan security force in the instability-wracked Caribbean island nation of Haiti.

https://trtafrika.com/africa/us-designates-kenya-as-major-non-nato-ally-18176652

🔦🇰🇪⁉️ — In Kenya, protesters set fire to the office of the National Constituency Development Fund in Kikuyu, not far from Nairobi, according to local media.

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🔦🇰🇪🤝🇭🇹 — Coinciding with today's events in Nairobi, 400 Kenyan peacekeepers have landed in Haiti today to help quell gang violence.

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🔦🇰🇪⁉️ — GRAPHIC — One of the Kenyan parliament members who voted for the tax hike was severely beaten by protesters.

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🇷🇺🇷🇺- Novosti:
- Clashes in the center of the city of Makhach-Kala, the capital of the Russian Republic of Dagestan, North Caucasus.

- the authority of the Dagestan Police: We are carrying out a special security operation in the center of the city of Makhach-Kala, and citizens must leave the operation area.

🛰 🏴 🏴 Both Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State operate Starlink. Nothing new, ISWAP and ISGS have been using it frequently thanks to proliferation.

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🇮🇱🤝🇺🇸👤🛰 — Israel eyes use of Musk's Starlink in event of war with Hezbollah


➡️ The Ministries of Finance and Communications are exploring the use of Elon Musk's satellite communications company, Starlink, to maintain internet connectivity in Israel during potential disruptions or power outages caused by an all-out war in the north.

➡️ Last February, Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi signed an operating license for Starlink services in Israel. At the same time, Israel permitted the operation of the service in the Gaza Strip for entities providing humanitarian aid, including operating a field hospital established in Rafah by the United Arab Emirates.

➡️ With the signing of Starlink's operating license in Israel, the Ministry of Communications stated that the service would focus on areas close to the fighting, aiming to provide stable communication to local authorities, emergency units, and government bodies in cases of wired and cellular communication malfunctions.

➡️ According to scenarios by the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and electricity company Noga, damage by Hezbollah to sensitive electricity production and transmission facilities could lead to blackouts in large areas of the country, especially in the northern region. In the event of a power outage lasting more than two hours, the relay stations of the cellular network may also collapse.

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🇺🇸📞🇷🇺- The Pentagon:

Secretary Austin spoke by phone with the Russian Defense Minister and stressed the importance of maintaining communication channels

🇨🇾🇮🇱🇬🇧❌🇱🇧- British Shadow R1 - Intel/Surveillance/𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/Reconaissance aircraft (ZZ507) seen spying over Lebanon for Israel from Cyprus.

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