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The embassy opened in central Nairobi on 2 March 1964, when the United States established diplomatic relations with Kenya. In 1998, the original embassy was the target of a terrorist attack, after which a new embassy building was constructed in Gigiri, a suburb of Nairobi, in 2003.
After Kenya's independence on December 12, 1963, the United States immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations.The embassy in Nairobi was established December 12, 1963—Kenya's independence day—with Laurence C. Vass as chargé d’affaires ad interim pending the appointment of an ambassador.
1.2 Permanent missions to the United Nations Office at Nairobi. 1.3 Other missions or delegations. 1.4 Gallery. ... Embassy of the United States. Consular missions
On 7 August 1998, al Qaeda terrorists detonated a car bomb outside the United States embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, leaving 200 dead and thousands wounded. [16] The immediate aftermath strained relations between the United States and Kenya, as Kenyans felt that the United States only cared about the Americans who lost their lives, not the Kenyans. [17]
After Kenya's independence on 12 December 1963, the United States immediately recognized the new nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The embassy in Nairobi was opened on 12 December 1963 [199] Kenya has an embassy in Washington, DC and consulates-general in Los Angeles and New York City. [196] United States has an embassy in ...
Laid a wreath at the memorial to the 1998 United States embassy bombing. [6] Participated in trade and investment discussions; accompanied by business leaders. [7] July 2, 2013 Senegal: Dakar Stopped during return to Washington D.C. [6] December 9–11, 2013 South Africa: Johannesburg Attended the memorial service for former President Nelson ...
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in two nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two East African capital cities, one at the United States embassy in Dar es Salaam , Tanzania, and the other at the United States embassy in Nairobi , Kenya.
The United States ambassador to Somalia is the most senior diplomatic representative of the United States federal government assigned to Somalia. From 2015 to 2018 the U.S. maintained a non-resident diplomatic mission in Nairobi for Somalia and its constituent autonomous regions . [ 1 ]