Margot Kiser
I am a Kenya-based correspondent, focusing on conflict in East Africa. I have contributed to Newsweek, Al Jazeera, The Daily Beast, among others.
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Margot Kiser 
When you’ve lived in a place like this for eleven years
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?...
“It’s a zero-sum game between Ruto and Raila with everything hanging in the balance.”
Given all that he’d achieved I wondered how he’d been overlooked for a knighthood. “The Brits don’t...
Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for targeting the elite US-trained Danab force in a roadside explosion about...
Iranian authorities have blamed arch enemy Israel and the exiled opposition group the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran,...
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...
