Kenyan Security Forces Are Abducting and Killing Somali Men Suspected of Having Links to Islamist Extremists
A human rights group has accused Kenyan security forces of abducting and killing men in northeast Kenya who they suspect of having links to Islamist extremists. All the reported victims are of ethnic Somali origin. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that security forces in Kenya are responsible for at least 34 “enforced disappearances” and 11 […]
South Sudan: The Devil Lies In Implementing The Peace Deal
On January 9 2011, the people of Southern Sudan voted in a referendum whose results led to the birth of the Republic of South Sudan. Writing in The East African publication of January 3, 2011, this was my opinion: “Whichever way the vote goes, there is going to be far-reaching ramifications for The Sudan (Khartoum) […]
ISIS linked Boko Haram shows the beheading of Nigerian troops
Boko Haram has set a terrifying new precedent by releasing its first gruesome video of a beheading since it pledged allegiance to ISIS. The video adopts many of the same style-points as the hundreds of barbaric videos released by ISIS over the last year. The ‘west Africa’ insignia in the top-left corner suggests the terror […]
Crackdown on Somali migrants spells trouble for Kenya’s economy
The tragic events that took place at Kenya’s Garissa University on Apr. 2, 2015, , in which 147 students were killed by militants linked with al-Shabaab, kick-started another round of xenophobic initiatives proposed in the country’s legislature. Under president Uhuru Kenyatta’s leadership, the country has taken steps to close the Dabaab refugee camp near the […]
Somali families panicking due to U.S. banks
Somali families are panicking and businesses are running short of funds two weeks after the last major U.S. bank stopped transferring money to the fragile Horn of Africa country, development groups said. Somalia has no formal banking system due to decades of war, so Somalis living abroad use money transfer companies to send some $1.3 […]
British citizens and a Somali jailed for trying to establish an Islamic state
Two British citizens and a Somali man have been jailed in Ethiopia for trying to establish an Islamic state, a radio affiliated to the government reports.The UK Foreign Office has confirmed the detention of two British nationals.The three men, who received terms ranging from four to seven years, were alleged to have had links with […]
