Kenya and Ethiopia sign cross-border agreement

 

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (rear, left) and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (rear, right) and witnessed the ceremony

 

Kenya and Ethiopia have signed a UN-backed trade deal worth $200m (£130m) in a bid to ease cross-border conflict.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn agreed the deal in the border town of Moyale.

The deal aims to tackle youth unemployment by creating jobs in the energy, mining and livestock industries.

Tensions between rival ethnic groups have risen due to lack of land and water