Opinion

Is Piracy Eradicated?

APR 14, 2014

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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Kenya: The perils of racial profiling

APR 14, 2014

Speaking recently during the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the genocide in his country, Rwandan President Paul Kagame argued that the catas...

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The Somali Question, The Kikuyu Answer

APR 14, 2014

The Somali community is currently going through a rough time in Kenya, and it is not the first time. The colonialists did not care about them at all a...

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Citizens must hold government to account for its actions in Eastleigh

APR 13, 2014

Over the past eight years, I have had the singular privilege of writing a satirical column for the Saturday Nation. It is a special place that relies ...

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Mass arrests and assassinations will only make our borders more insecure

APR 13, 2014

Terrorism is commonly understood to be those violent acts intended to create fear, or terror, and are perpetrated for a political, religious or ideolo...

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Angry politicians not saying how illegal aliens should be identified

APR 13, 2014

There is a state of hysteria among the Somali community over the unprecedented screening in Eastleigh. The mood has been picked up by human rights act...

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Is Operation Usalama Watch a Somali Gulag?

APR 13, 2014

Last week, President Uhuru Kenyatta was in Kigali where he apologised to Rwanda for Kenya’s silence and failure to intervene and stop the 1994 genoc...

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali degree is an insult to Muslim students

APR 08, 2014

The Brandeis Muslim Student Association has worked endlessly to integrate itself into the Brandeis community, to be an active club on campus and make ...

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Be Ware of Quick Fix Federalism, the Shot-Gun Wedding Type

APR 06, 2014

As the combined forces of the Somali national Army and AMISOM are taking armed offensives to the last remaining strategic holdouts of Alshabab, a poli...

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Kenyan Somalis are Guilty Until Proven Innoncent

APR 05, 2014

Hundreds of ethnic Somalis living in Nairobi's Eastliegh neighborhood have been arrested following Monday attacks that killed six people in the Somali...

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