Antony Blinken to meet Igad officials in Nairobi

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Nairobi, Kenya.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO | COURTESY | KENYA'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to meet with leaders of regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) as part of his efforts to press for peace in the Horn of Africa.

Blinken touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Wednesday morning (1.20am EAT) to a full in-tray of activities that will include a meeting President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House and later a strategic dialogue meeting with his counterpart, Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo.