### [2025-03-26](/feed/2025/03/26/index.md)

##### Kenya–Kosovo relations
# Kenya formally recognizes Kosovo as an independent sovereign state, becoming the second country to do so after Israel in 2020. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kenya-recognises-kosovo-independent-state-first-such-move-five-years-2025-03-26/)

### Changes:

1. Kenya formally recognizes Kosovo as an independent sovereign state becoming the first country to do so since Israel in 2020.  _2025-03-26 19:31:25 (First version)_
1. Kenya formally recognizes Kosovo as an independent sovereign state, becoming the second country to do so after Israel in 2020.  _(Current version)_

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