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World Business Report: First broadcast 17/05/2023 14:32 GMT : Kenya and Somalia: Open for business

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Kenya and Somalia: Open for business

First broadcast 17/05/2023 14:32 GMT 

First broadcast 17/05/2023 14:32 GMT : Kenya and Somalia: Open for business

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The two countries agree to re-open their common border after more than a decade

Kenya and Somalia agree to re-open their common border after more than a decade

Kenya and Somalia have agreed to reopen their common border after more than a decade, Kenya's interior minister said on Monday as ties warm between the two neighbours following years of tensions. The announcement came after a high-level joint ministerial meeting in Nairobi on cooperation including on security, as well as trade and the movement of people. We hear from a business operating near the border.

Japan's economy has had a double boost of good news in the last 24 hours, with stocks reaching their highest level in 33 years and new growth figures show it is emerging from recession AND faster than expected. But will it last...with clouds gathering as other countries face a slowdown in their own economies? 

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