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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Kenyan Poll Body Slams Arrest Of Vote Contractors | Barron’s
Couldn’t help but think of Venezuela’s 2018 presidential race that re-elected Nicolas Maduro to a second six-year term, and that was thought to be rigged. However it would appear that Smartmatic the multinational that builds and implements electronic voting systems is one of the good guys. Kenya’s electoral authority has condemned the “brazen” arrest in […]
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Lamu’s offshore amenities
First came a floating bar. Now a lone floating slot machine? The heralding of Lamu’s first casino? Jackpot! Alas, no. The standing digital petrol pump meters out fuel far more accurately than the hoses usually reserved to fill boats’ tanks. Here, as elsewhere, fuel is expensive. Every shilling counts. Fishermen say they can spend an […]
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The U.S. has no Ambassador in Kenya?
“It’s a zero-sum game between Ruto and Raila with everything hanging in the balance.”
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Al-Shabaab Kills Private Military Contractor in Roadside Explosion
Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for targeting the elite US-trained Danab force in a roadside explosion about 110 km southwest of Mogadishu on Sunday. The attack killed a French national working with Bancroft Global Development, an American private military company. Two other contractors with the company were injured, as well as two senior Somali Brigade […]
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Holy Wars : Israel and Iran
Iranian authorities have blamed arch enemy Israel and the exiled opposition group the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, known as MEK, for the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.Here’s a primer on the MEK described herein as a cult, and backed by Trump’s lawyer, Rudi Giuliani, former National Security Advisor, John Bolton, professor/lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, […]
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US demands right to attack Islamist fighters gaining foothold in Kenya – The Times of London
America is seeking clearance to launch drone strikes against Islamic militants operating in Kenya, according to Pentagon sources, as part of efforts to counter jihadists’ growing reach into Africa.
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2 Men Found Guilty of Aiding in 2013 Kenya Mall Attack
The timing of this verdict is interesting given the imminent US presidential election.Since the attack in 2013 the Kenya and US govs have presented zero evidence (to the public anyway) that any of the four attackers as seen on CCTV were killed. If there were (DNA evidence) the Kenya gov would have been reminding us […]
