Kenya's government is to collect taxes for Somalia's government at their common border, to help the embattled administration raise revenue. Somalia has not had a functioning national authority since 1991 and Islamist insurgents control much of the south of the country.
Announcing the deal, Kenya's foreign minister said tax collection was the cornerstone for a government to work. One result of Somalia's collapse has been the rise of piracy. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said that efforts to tackle piracy would not work until Somalia had an effective government.
Moderate Islamist Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was elected Somalia's new president by MPs in January.
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