Margot Kiser
LAMU, Kenya – Al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia, released a statement on its media website claiming recent...
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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Best long read ByLiner 2011 for my Newsweek feature, 'Pirates in Paradise' http://byliner.com/margot-kiser/stories
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Nairobi is the Maasai word for “cold water”. With an elevation of 5,889 feet above sea level,...
An acquaintance in Lamu gave me a pamphlet she said had been handed to passengers on a...
MOMBASA – Off to an interesting start this morning: I’m in Mombasa participating in a writers conference...
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...
Portugal hardly ever seems in the news. I never gave the little country next to Spain much...
The events that have both given birth to and plagued South Sudan have as much if not...
Occupational Hazards – thoughts on Kenya and Somalia, Post-Garissa Attack Demands for the removal of...
