Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Kenya on an unannounced trip.

Moscow's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Lavrov's arrival in Nairobi, without giving further details on the visit.

The Russian embassy in Nairobi in a tweet said this would be "a very fruitful week for Russia-Kenya bilateral relations". Kenya's President William Ruto has skipped Nigeria's Bola Tinubu inauguration.

Lavrov's visit comes days after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba made an African tour recently.To unpack this is International Relation Expert, Dr David Matsanga...