Opinion
Kenya's Worst Enemy
Over the past several months, the Somali military, in cooperation with local, regional, and international forces, has managed to put the Islamist mili...
Read More »Time for the STATE to appear after AMISOM military successes
A few weeks ago as the AMISOM troops announced to the world that they had recaptured many former AlShabaab controlled cities and regions in Somalia su...
Read More »The Price of Investing in Foreign Lands
Of all the lessons to be drawn from the recent Kenyan security crackdown of the Somali communities in the Eastleigh enclave of Nairobi, the most widel...
Read More »From bandits to "terrorists", the fate of Kenyan-Somalis
After a spate of grenade attacks in Nairobi, the coastal region and the Somali-inhabited North Eastern province, the Kenyan government has launched a ...
Read More »Somali Refugees: Victims of both the terror of war and the war on terror
I have been following up what’s unfolding in Kenya, more so on the fate of the Somali refugee community in Eastleigh, in the capital city of Nairobi...
Read More »What Was Brandeis Thinking When It Invited Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Speak?
Last week, Brandeis revoked an invitation it had offered to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born feminist and political essayist, to attend the university...
Read More »‘I feel like a dreadlocked Kikuyu youth in post-Mungiki Murang’a’
It is really disturbing to be told by a brother that you are not a brother anymore, to be chased away from a house you have always called home, to be ...
Read More »Kenya and Somalia Should Forge Stronger Business Ties to Fight Terrorism
The Kenyan Army intervention in 2011 helped stop Somalia from slipping from mere anarchy into the terrifying abyss of complete state failure. The Soma...
Read More »Securitization and Ethnic Profiling of Somalis in Kenya
There has been, and still is ongoing, an indiscriminate apprehension against Somalis, including Kenyan-Somalis, in Nairobi. Kenyan authorities have fa...
Read More »Is Piracy Eradicated?
What are the root causes of maritime piracy and how should they be addressed? For James Kraska, the Janus-faced answer is simple – the absence of th...
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