LAMU, Kenya – Al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia, released a statement on its media website claiming recent...
Conflict In Context – Field Notes
Write from experience, and experience only… Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost – Henry James, American-born writer (1843-1916)
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...
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...
McCarthy Tactics by Kenya in Response to Garissa University Massacre, some say The state announced Wednesday...
According to sources on the ground in Garissa, the death toll will easily exceed the last...
A new online jihadist magazine calls on East African militants to pledge allegiance to Al-Qaeda #Kenya...
Al-Shabaab’s recruitment video “The Westgate Siege – Retributive Justice” : some observations

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The Kenya Siege Since late last year, Western forces have dealt the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab some...
According to a recent Reporters without Borders index Kenya ranks at #90. After today, with...