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Kenya: How Not to Solve Terrorism
ISS, 26 August 2014
In an effort to combat domestic terrorism, and in a bid to create an 'open and united country,' Kenya is breaking its own laws to harass, kidnap and execute suspects. Read more »
The Fight Against Terrorism in Kenya
According to analysists at the Institute for Security Studies, the country is breaking its own laws by harrassing, kidnapping and executing suspects in a bid to fight domestic terrorism.
Police respond to the shooting at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, which reportedly left dozens dead and injured (file photo).
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Kenya: KDF to Offer Security At Mombasa Show
The Star, 26 August 2014
Officers from the Kenya Defence Forces will secure the Mombasa International Show, which will be officially opened by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday next week. Read more »
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Kenya: Nairobi, Mombasa Host Top Security Meetings
Capital FM, 25 August 2014
A high level weeklong security meeting of police chiefs from the region and Interpol officials kicks off in Mombasa on Monday. Read more »
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Kenya: The Strange Plight of the Two Iqbal Brothers
The Star, 23 August 2014
Something stinks to high heaven about Pakistani businessmen's profiling, deportation and work permit woes at the hands of Kenyan Immigration officers and securocrats Read more »
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Kenya: Corruption and Anti-Terror Dragnets
The Star, 23 August 2014
WHEN President Uhuru Kenyatta jetted back to Kenya after attending the US-Africa Leaders' Summit in Washington, DC, the first thing he emphasised was that investors must be assured… Read more »
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Kenya: Keep Politics Out of Security Sector, Analyst Urges
CAJ News, 21 August 2014
A PROMINENT security analyst called for the country's security services to operate autonomously from interference by politicians in order to function effectively. Read more »
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Somalia: Alshabaab Victims in Kenya Since October 2011 Announced
Radio Dalsan, 19 August 2014
The Standard newspaper wrote the number of people Alshabaab killed in Kenya since when the Kenyan forces went to Somalia in October 2011. Read more »
InFocus
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Human Rights Watch has accused the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit of carrying out a series of extra-judicial killings, arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances of terror suspects ... Read more »
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According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, police in Mombasa violated the constitution following the killing of three suspected gangsters. The Commission has ... Read more »
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Police in Nairobi have allegedly been implicated in the torture, rape and arbitrary detention of least 1 000 Somali refugees, a Human Rights Watch report shows. Read more »
