Foreign Correspondent Margot Kiser
Letters to Annie from Kaftanistan
Articles published in various media outlets
“It is highly unlikely that kidnappers will strike again at tourist areas on Kenya’s north coast,” says Major Emmanual Chirchir, former spokesman during Operation Linda Nchi, Kenya’s military campaign in Somalia to fight Al Shabaab. “But towns and refugee camps like Dadaab near the porous Kenya-Somali border in the northeast remain vulnerable.”
The Economics of Extinction: Africa’s Elephants and Rhinos in Danger | Margot Kiser Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM EST How long before Africa’s rhinos and elephants are wiped out in the wild? You wouldn’t think a room as big as a warehouse could feel this airless — not even a maximum-security warehouse, like this one. […]
We Were Tortured in Kenya’s Mau Mau-Era Detention Centers Oct 8, 2012 1:00 AM EDT Waiting for justice more than 50 years—and counting, Margot Kiser reports from Kenya. The first thing Wambugu Wa Nyingi wants his visitors to see—even before he shows them the torture scars from his years in colonial-era Kenya’s detention centers—is the […]
Former Minister of Finance, Uhuru Kenyatta, spent time in Lamu over the weekend fundraising in his bid to become Kenya‘s next president. He resigned soon after the International Criminal Court at the Hague (ICC) accused him of playing a role in inciting the 2007 post election violence that resulted in the death of thousands of […]
Judith Tebbutt is home — but how free? The dilemma of ransom payments Mar 30, 2012 4:45 AM EDT Ransom amounts keep growing, rescues are rare. What’s a captive’s family supposed to do? Margot Kiser on a truly vicious cycle. With her recent release from captivity, Judith Tebbutt may soon be able to close a […]
Mar 21, 2012 3:44 PM EDT Margot Kiser reports from Nairobi on the successful ransom of British citizen Judith Tebbutt. On Tuesday afternoon, in the small inland Somali town of Adado, law enforcement officials gazed skyward as a single-engine aircraft circled close overhead. The plane—a U.K.-owned KingAir 200 operated by the British company Phoenix […]
ThinkAfricaPress Lamu Port: Development vs. Preservation? The multi-billion dollar development project in Kenya could bring much-needed employment and infrastructure, but at what cost to the area’s nature and culture? ARTICLE | 12 MARCH 2012 – 4:01PM Lamu, Kenya: Three African heads of state – Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki, South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit […]
Aid Workers’ Pirate Nightmare Oct 27, 2011 11:27 AM EDT A U.S. aid worker and her Danish counterpart are still missing in Somalia after being kidnapped by Al-Shabab, an al Qaeda affiliate. Margot Kiser on the pair’s tale of betrayal and violence. After they finished their workshop on land-mine hazard reduction early Tuesday afternoon, the […]
Pirates In Paradise Oct 17, 2011 1:00 AM EDT Somalia’s deadly chaos is spreading across the border into Kenya, where dry land is no longer a refuge from the hostage takers who infest the failed state to the north. David and Judith Tebbutt planned to wrap up their Kenya vacation in style. After a week […]
