Kenya: Robbery Continues On Kenya's Treacherous Isiolo-Moyale Highway

Highway robbers continue to terrorise motorists along Kenya's Isiolo-Moyale highway, a section of the Great North Road that connects Cairo to Cape Town. Although national lockdowns… Read more »

Africa: Security Vs Efficiency - Smart Ports in a Post-COVID-19 Era

Around 90% of Africa's trade is seaborne. The World Trade Organization has predicted a decline in consumer spending due to COVID-19 that will decrease international trade by up to… Read more »

Kenya: 'Country Cannot Afford to Fall Behind on Police Reform'

Kenya's security services have a long history of questionable conduct, and despite a period of apparent reform, it seems old habits die hard. As the country battles to contain… Read more »

Kenya: 'Country Cannot Afford to Fall Behind on Police Reform'

Kenya's security services have a long history of questionable conduct, and despite a period of apparent reform, it seems old habits die hard. As the country battles to contain… Read more »

East Africa: Why Is the U.S. Ramping Up Anti-Terrorism Efforts in Kenya?

The United States has established its first joint terrorism task force overseas – will its focus stop at training? Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Ambitious Wind Turbines Battle Community Land Crosswinds

The tussle in Kenya's high court between Marsabit County residents and the government over the land used for Africa's biggest wind farm continues to threaten stability in the area. Read more »

Kenya: Reforms Aren't Protecting People From Trafficking

Kenya exports its labour mainly to the Middle East, and to a lesser extent to Europe, North America and Africa. For many Kenyans however, this means a life of slavery in Middle… Read more »

East Africa: Somalia, Terrorism and Kenya's Security Dilemma

Barely two weeks into 2020, al-Shabaab has attacked Kenya five times, leaving scores of Kenyans and foreigners dead. For the first time, one of the attacks involved infiltrating an… Read more »

Kenya: Is Kenya Opening the Door Wider to Fake Medicines?

Kenya's regulations for greater port efficiency could increase the risk of counterfeit medicines in East Africa. Read more »

Kenya: Inclusion Politics a Placebo for Democracy

Will Kenya change for the better if citizens adopt proposed solutions to the country's political governance problems in attempts to steer it clear of ethnic strife and destruction?… Read more »

Kenya: Cross-Border Arms Trafficking Inflames Northern County's Conflict

Arms trafficking and cattle rustling are driving local conflict in Kenya's northern border county of Marsabit. Scores have been killed in the politically motivated ethnic conflict… Read more »

Kenya: Global War Against Drugs Reaches Kenya

The first sentencing of a Kenyan on drug trafficking charges took place in New York on 16 August. Baktash Akasha, son of Akasha Abdalla, who built one of the biggest drug… Read more »

Africa: A Risky Return for Ex-Combatants Into Communities

Continued human rights abuses and a lack of transparency are hindering the successful reintegration of defectors. Read more »

Kenya: Kenyans Sacrificed for Territory and Votes in Marsabit County

Close to 40 people have been killed, schools closed and livelihoods destroyed through ethnic violence in Kenya's vast Marsabit County over recent months. Without decisive state… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Must Do More Than Just Find the Money

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has maintained a tough stance on the fight against corruption, setting no limits on a campaign to recover the proceeds of graft. The most recent… Read more »

Somalia: Is the Scent of Oil a Solution?

Somalia has enough problems as it is. Now the resource curse, so fatal to many other African countries, appears to be raising its ugly head. On the military front, Mogadishu isn't… Read more »

Kenya: Home-Grown Terror a Worsening Threat for the Country

The six attackers and 12 suspects in court for the 15 January terror attack on Nairobi's dusitD2 hotel complex are mostly Kenyans. This was also the case in the 2015 attack on the… Read more »

Kenya: Food Security Under Threat in Kenya

In Kenya, food consumption is outpacing food production. According to a new Institute for Security Studies report, annual agricultural production will need to increase by an… Read more »

Africa: Continent's Leaders Have New Chance to Shape Justice

Since the early 1990s, Africa has been the hub of international criminal justice. In 1994, following the crimes committed in Rwanda, an ad hoc international tribunal for Rwanda was… Read more »