Alice in the Heart of Darkness – South Sudan
The events that have both given birth to and plagued South Sudan have as much if not more to do with oil and minerals as with religion and right-wing anti-Islamists.
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Author: 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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Occupational Hazards – Kenya and Somalia, Post-Garissa Attack
Occupational Hazards – thoughts on Kenya and Somalia, Post-Garissa Attack Demands for the removal of Kenyan troops from Somalia are usually heard from Al-Shabaab, most vociferously in the wake of attacks carried out in retaliation for the ongoing occupation, and targeting Kenyan civilians. Now the Somali government is reportedly calling for the withdrawal […]
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McCarthy Tactics by Kenya in Response to Garissa University Massacre, some say
McCarthy Tactics by Kenya in Response to Garissa University Massacre, some say The state announced Wednesday that it has frozen the accounts of 86 individuals, businesses, and non-government organizations with alleged financial links to Al Shabaab. A list, released yesterday by Kenya’s Ministry of Finance, includes a dozen money-transfer companies believed to have roles in funding the Somali militant group. […]
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Christians Warned, Then Killed in Kenyan University Massacre – The Daily Beast
MONSTERS CHRISTIANS WARNED, THEN KILLED IN KENYAN UNIVERSITY MASSACRE BY MARGOT KISER 04.02.15 Around 5:30 Thursday morning, when Hassan Osman, a 35-year-old newlywed and an employee with Kenya’s Ministry of Health in Garissa, was in the mosque praying, he heard the sharp report of rapid gunfire rip through the still morning air. The noise came […]
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Update and analysis on Al-Shabaab Garissa University Attack in Kenya –
According to sources on the ground in Garissa, the death toll will easily exceed the last official count of 147. Those helping remove bodies say at least 286 died at the scene. It’s unclear how many died later of injuries. Witnesses say the attackers did not separate Christians from Muslims nor was anyone beheaded. The guards manning the entrance of […]
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Waging Online Jihad
A new online jihadist magazine calls on East African militants to pledge allegiance to Al-Qaeda #Kenya #Somalia http://t.co/fElL1osZl8 https://archive.org/stream/AmkaMagazine/Al-Muhajiroun01#page/n0/mode/1up
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Al-Shabaab’s recruitment video “The Westgate Siege – Retributive Justice” : some observations
The Kenya Siege Since late last year, Western forces have dealt the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab some high-impact blows. A drone strike in September killed one of its most ruthless jihadists, Ahmed Abdi Godane. Earlier this month, a second drone strike killed Yusef Dheeq, the group’s commander of external operations. Meanwhile, according to human rights […]
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The Nearest Exit is Behind You – 2014 in Photos
Random images from travels and subjects I wrote about last year.
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Kenya’s new Security Bill
According to a recent Reporters without Borders index Kenya ranks at #90. After today, with the new security bill, its position no doubt plummeted closer to #180, the bottom position, which Eritrea now occupies. Kenya’s Jubilee government reacted to press coverage of Westgate Mall attack in 2013 (exposing Kenya Defense Forces looting items […]
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Al-Shabab’s Anti-Christian Slaughter – Why Kenya’s Punitive Counter-Terror Measures aren’t Working – The Daily Beast
Poor intelligence and evidence gathering, and a weak judicial process, have resulted in reliance on dirty-war tactics such as mass arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances, rape, and extrajudicial killings.
