Margot Kiser 
When you’ve lived in a place like this for eleven years
“It’s a zero-sum game between Ruto and Raila with everything hanging in the balance.”
Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for targeting the elite US-trained Danab force in a roadside explosion about...
US demands right to attack Islamist fighters gaining foothold in Kenya – The Times of London
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America is seeking clearance to launch drone strikes against Islamic militants operating in Kenya, according to Pentagon...
The timing of this verdict is interesting given the imminent US presidential election.Since the attack in 2013...
Why is the U.S. Military Authority Seeking to Expand its Counterterrorism Drone War to Kenya?
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The New York Times has reported that the U.S. military aims to broaden its counterterrorism drone war...
Dr. Silverstein remarked that he hadn’t heard a sound like that since the Norfolk hotel was bombed...
While a ransom was paid to Al-Shabaab, the militant group may not have been aid worker Sylvia...
January 2019 did not kick off to a good start for me. I couldn’t walk, for one...
Herbert Menzer is one of the great connectors and influencers on Lamu Island. Herbert hails from Hamburg,...
The sculptured tableaux of Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, and Chelsea Manning – crusaders of transparency and free...
On January 15th, 2019, I flew from Nairobi to Lamu, where I’ve been living for some time. While...
“The Americans are very complicated, aren't they? On the one hand they are helping us by building...
Meet my friend Bill. I’ve known Bill since the 90s when I moved to Montana. He’s a...
On Sunday, April 3rd, Al-Shabaab’s media wing released a recruitment video showing the militant group’s January 15th...
LONG GOODBYE 07.27.15 2:20 PM ET How Obama Glossed Over Africa’s Troubles By MARGOT KISER To...
“We fear Obama is coming to teach our children to be gay,” the owner of a beauty...
Sad About Cecil? These African Animals Are Slaughtered By The Thousands – The Daily Beast
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South Sudan’s civil war has been a disaster for humans and animals alike. Soldiers on both sides...
MONSTERS CHRISTIANS WARNED, THEN KILLED IN KENYAN UNIVERSITY MASSACRE BY MARGOT KISER 04.02.15 Around 5:30 Thursday morning,...
Kenya’s Black Gold, ‘Texas Tea’ Last week Nairobi hosted the 3rd annual East Africa Oil and Gas...
Mpekatoni is a small town in Lamu County on Kenya’s north coast. When initial reports came out...
20/20 hindsight re Kenya’s Vision 2030
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Somewhere on Bowery St. She didn’t seem the least bit concerned about anything or anyone....
MARRAKECH, Morocco – Didn’t see much of Marrakech my first week there. Didn’t even glimpse...
Religious leaders say Kenyan security forces are targeting them unfairly for persecution if not indeed for summary...
NAIROBI, Kenya – A ruling is expected tomorrow in the case of a suspected ivory smuggler who...
Burundi’s Black Market Skull Trade WORLD NEWS 01.26.14 Margot Kiser Has the tiny nation of Burundi...
2013 Lamu Cultural Week. Unlike Maulidi, the annual ancient Swahili event celebrating birth of the Prophet Mohammed,...
Slaughter in Nairobi: Bloody Siege in Shopping Mall Kills Dozens http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/22/slaughter-in-nairobi-bloody-siege-in-shopping-mall-kills-dozens.html by Margot Kiser Sep 22, 2013 9:23...
Pirate Management Written by Margot Kiser on 05 Sep, 2011 | Location: Tags: pirates , Somaliland 7...
Art Forum Written by Margot Kiser on 29 Apr, 2011 | Location: Lamu | Column: Art Forum...
Navy SEALs’ Daring Hostage Rescue May Signal More Somalia Land Raids by U.S. by Margot Kiser Jan...
While researching Inside the Zanzibar Attack story for Daily Beast I spent a lot of time in...
She asked her captors where they were taking her, and wondered whether they were headed toward Mombasa,...
Kenya received a birthday present yesterday – the long awaited settlement between the UK to 5,200 claimants allegedly...
I took refuge from today’s downpour in the lobby of The 680 Hotel. Seems the 680 has...
Film clip accompanying my Newsweek /DailyBeast feature, The Economics of Extinction, 01.28.2013 Watch a Kenya Wildlife Service...
https://www.youtube.com/user/margotkiser?feature=guide 1. – Feb 2012 Trip to Mogadishu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZfNDSPdE24 to Shabelle Media, Mogadishu 2. Kenya Wildlife Service...
Life in Mogadishu looks safe and peaceful - until all of a sudden it's not.
“It is highly unlikely that kidnappers will strike again at tourist areas on Kenya’s north coast,” says...
The Economics of Extinction: Africa’s Elephants and Rhinos in Danger | Margot Kiser Jan 29, 2013 12:00...
Newsweek Magazine — See You in Court : Tales of Torture in Mau Mau-Era Detention Centers –
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We Were Tortured in Kenya’s Mau Mau-Era Detention Centers Oct 8, 2012 1:00 AM EDT Waiting for...
Icons of celebrity and revolution. I would take Che Guevara over Bob Dylan any day of the...
Judith Tebbutt is home — but how free? The dilemma of ransom payments Mar 30, 2012 4:45...
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Somalis arrested in Lamu Nov 25, 2011 (photo; Abdullah Bargash) November 25, 2011 (LAMU, KENYA) Lamu police...
Aid Workers’ Pirate Nightmare Oct 27, 2011 11:27 AM EDT A U.S. aid worker and her Danish...
Pirates In Paradise Oct 17, 2011 1:00 AM EDT Somalia’s deadly chaos is spreading across the border...
Couldn’t help but think of Venezuela’s 2018 presidential race that re-elected Nicolas Maduro to a second six-year...
First came a floating bar. Now a lone floating slot machine? The heralding of Lamu’s first casino?...
Given all that he’d achieved I wondered how he’d been overlooked for a knighthood. “The Brits don’t...
Iranian authorities have blamed arch enemy Israel and the exiled opposition group the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran,...