Foreign Correspondent Margot Kiser
Letters to Annie from Kaftanistan
Link to published article, Kenya tourism tanks amid increasing violence http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/08/kenya-tourism-tanks-amid-increasing-violence-201481093454546196.html DRAFT of “Tourism and ‘Terrorism’ “– AJE Mombasa July 28th, 2014 MOMBASA – It is the first evening of Islam’s Eid al Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan. Wealthy Mombasa residents – mainly of Arab descent – flock […]
Kenya tourism tanks amid increasing violence Margot Kiser Attacks on tourists has contributed to a steep decline in tourism in Kenya. http://m.aljazeera.com/story/201481093454546196 Mombasa, Kenya – In July, a Russian visitor was shot dead near Fort Jesus, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Mombasa’s Old Town. Police ruled the killing a robbery. Three weeks later, assailants shot a […]
Mombasa Police chief, Robert Kitur, confirmed to reporters that around 17.10 (5:10 pm) near the entrance of Mombasa’s Makiti market, three men – one armed with a pistol – appeared from a corner of a building and shot dead a 28-year old German woman, identified as Christine Testa, and a 33 year-old Ugandan male, who […]
Kenya’s death squads are back in action in the coastal holiday-destination city of Mombasa. At 8:15 on Friday night the owner of the Modern Coach bus company was shot dead by ‘unknown assailants’ close to the Changamwe police station. Shahid Bhutt, in his late fifties, had just picked up his son at Moi international airport and […]
