Year: 2011

SomaliaReport: Al-Shabaab Claims Reponsibility for Attacks [Twin attacks in northern Kenya]

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SomaliaReport: Al-Shabaab Claims Reponsibility for Attacks [Twin attacks in northern Kenya]

Margot Kiser December 17, 2011

SomaliaReport: Al-Shabaab Claims Reponsibility for Attacks. Does anyone know the significance of “twin” in many Al Qaida...

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Operation Linda Nchi – Kenya’s invasion of Somalia

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Operation Linda Nchi – Kenya’s invasion of Somalia

Margot Kiser November 30, 2011

Best wishes to all for a Happy and Prosperous 2012. Kenya Department of Defence press brief Saturday,...

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Authorities arrest Somalis near Lamu

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Authorities arrest Somalis near Lamu

Margot Kiser November 25, 2011

 Somalis arrested in Lamu Nov 25, 2011 (photo; Abdullah Bargash) November 25, 2011 (LAMU, KENYA) Lamu police...

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Video of relocation of a female northern White rhino in Kenya

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Video of relocation of a female northern White rhino in Kenya

Margot Kiser November 9, 2011

Ol Pejeta Conservancy (NANYUKI, KENYA) – While working on a story about the recent spate of rhino...

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1,000 ways to skim the qhat

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1,000 ways to skim the qhat

Margot Kiser November 7, 2011

WILSON AIRPORT (NAIROBI) – The inevitable lull between writing gigs makes a good opportunity to catch up...

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US – Danish Aid Workers Seized in Somalia | DailyBeast

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US – Danish Aid Workers Seized in Somalia | DailyBeast

Margot Kiser October 27, 2011

Aid Workers’ Pirate Nightmare Oct 27, 2011 11:27 AM EDT A U.S. aid worker and her Danish...

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Pirates in Paradise: Somalia’s chaos spreads across border into Kenya | Newsweek

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Pirates in Paradise: Somalia’s chaos spreads across border into Kenya | Newsweek

Margot Kiser October 17, 2011 2

Pirates In Paradise Oct 17, 2011 1:00 AM EDT Somalia’s deadly chaos is spreading across the border...

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Update-Kenya kidnappings

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Update-Kenya kidnappings

Margot Kiser October 16, 2011

The first incident — the murder and kidnapping at Kiwayu — was alone brazen enough to seem ...

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Marie Dedieu and Lamu now after the kidnappings

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Marie Dedieu and Lamu now after the kidnappings

Margot Kiser October 10, 2011

I first saw Marie a couple of years ago during a morning walk down Shela beach. Maybe...

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Suspected Pirates Abduct Frenchwoman in Kenya

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Suspected Pirates Abduct Frenchwoman in Kenya

Margot Kiser October 1, 2011

Ten heavily armed gunman reportedly stormed the beach near Lamu island in Kenya early this morning, firing...

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