The Kenyan government continues to step up claims that it intends to close Dadaab refugee camp and repatriate or resettle around 348,000 refugees due to the “heavy economic, security and environmental burden and Kenya’s national security interest.” Refugees continue to… Read More ›
Haki Africa, a human rights activist group in Kenya, is coordinating with the government to improve the country’s counter-extremism policy, one year after the government froze its account on accusations that it supported al-Shabaab. The organization’s director Hussein Khalid explained the consultation… Read More ›
Kenya is attempting to address key border issues with Somalia after al-Shabaab’s mass raid attack at El Adde this past January. This week, Kenyan Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery reached a cooperation agreement in Nairobi with a group of Marehan clan members, including ex-Somali prime… Read More ›
Newly released photos show investigators probing the equipment used in al-Shabaab’s most recent laptop bomb attack at Beledweyne airport on Monday. The pictures of the investigation show scattered wires on top of plastic bag, as well as a bombed out vehicle… Read More ›
On Saturday, Kenya and Somalia once again proved there was no love lost between the two governments. Kenyan media giant Daily Nation published a provocative story alleging Kenya had “detained” Somalia’s Prime Minister (PM) Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke on a stopover… Read More ›
Al-Shabaab released audio from two Kenyan soldiers who were taken hostage during the attack on AMISOM’s base in El Adde last Friday. The Star newspaper claims that al-Shabaab are holding 10 other Kenyan soldiers hostage. The hostages only describe details of the… Read More ›
Last Friday, Ethiopian forces killed three Kenyan police officers and a village chief during a cross-border attack in pursuit of Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) rebels. Kenya’s Daily Nation noted Ethiopian forces have carried out at least five often deadly incursions… Read More ›
This week, Kenya submitted filings to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on why the court should not yet hear its maritime border case with the Somali government. Kenya, which has already awarded exploration blocks in the disputed territory, wants… Read More ›
At the end of July, two closely linked media campaigns were set up in Kenya to counter radicalisation in the country, and the efforts correspond with the Kenyan military’s movements to root out al-Shabaab from the Boni Forest area of the Kenya-Somalia… Read More ›
Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke nominated a new list of cabinet members after he withdrew his initial nominations due to opposition in parliament. MPs had warned him not to bring in failed ex-leaders and some of the President’s allies. As a… Read More ›
Al-Shabaab supporters recently issued the fifth and now the sixth edition of pro-Shabaab magazine Gaidi Mtaani (“Terrorism Street”), covering a range of issues. [PDF in full – right click link and “Save Target As”] The editor’s statement in the preface of… Read More ›
A late night robbery and shooting at Sega bar in Mombasa on Tuesday has sparked new questions about whether armed tribalists, criminals, or “terrorists” are responsible for violence on Kenya’s coast. Witnesses and police accounts said their description of the gunmen… Read More ›
1. CRIMES OF THE FATHER… (Kenya) As the world ponders whether terrorists or “local political networks” are the catalysts for atrocities on Kenya’s coast, the core issue is that upcountry settlers have dubiously acquired land from indigenous people for decades. This… Read More ›
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