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 »

Kenya: Will New Legislation Turn Kenya Into a Tax Haven?

A recently passed law could make it easier for companies to dodge tax in Kenya. This could increase the rate of illicit financial flows and, contrary to government's goals,… Read more »

Kenya: Raila Odinga Makes Another Dubious Deal

The handshake between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his arch-rival Raila Odinga on the steps of Harambee House - the office of the president - on 9 March has baffled even… Read more »

Kenya: Two Wrongs Don't Right Kenya's Political Crisis

When Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was officially anointed as president for the second time last November, he swore an oath - the same one he swore at his first inauguration in… 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 »