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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Best long read ByLiner 2011 for my Newsweek feature, 'Pirates in Paradise' http://byliner.com/margot-kiser/stories
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On NYT “Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA”
Until I read this NYT article Jeffrey Epstein’s sole redeeming feature seemed to me the fact that he produced no offspring. The idea of his moral insanity’s proliferating through the human gene pool is horrifying. The Times describes his dreams of seeding the human race with his DNA as part of the cult-like movement called […]
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Rise of China’s private armies
“…..the impetus to create these Chinese security firms was driven by market incentives, not political mandate.”
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Thoughts on dusitD2 2 Attack
On January 15th, 2019, I flew from Nairobi to Lamu, where I’ve been living for some time. While waiting for my luggage I chatted with a fellow passenger, a young Somali who told mehe was working in the gas fields of Pate Island. We noted the gains Kenya has made in recent years in security and theuptick in international tourism. Other […]
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William “Gatz” Hjortsberg – great friend, writer and mentor R.I.P. Why no donkey monument? Planting mangrove seedlings Northern Rangeland Trust Dubai LONDON
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Kenya’s Worst Rhino Massacre Was the Work of People Trying to Save the Species – my latest in The Daily Beast
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/margot-kiser 10.08.18 5:22 AM ET Kenya’s Worst Rhino Massacre Was the Work of People Trying to Save the Species
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Waiting for Godot — in Nairobi
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The mysterious deaths of eleven black rhino in Kenya
This 2012 translocation of 23 rhino from a private ranch in Laikipia to a national park out west went without a hitch. [Footage of KWS sharpshooter darting a rhino with a tranquilizer] Translocations are fairly routine these days, though not without risks. So how did 11 highly endangered black rhino basically starve to death at […]
