There is a particular kind of pressure that comes with having a friend visit your city for the first time. Suddenly, places you pass every day become potential recommendations, and the question, “So, where are you taking me?” feels like a test of how well you know your own city.

Kenya and Rwanda have signed 11 new agreements aimed at strengthening cooperation in areas ranging from security and immigration to water management, housing, culture and conservation.

Senior officials from Kenya and Rwanda convened in Nairobi on Monday for the 10th Session of the Kenya-Rwanda Joint Permanent Commission for Cooperation (JPCC), reaffirming a decades-long partnership rooted in mutual trust, East African Community (EAC) integration, and practical cooperation on trade, infrastructure, energy and people-to-people ties.