Strategic Thinking on East Africa

By Fred Mukinda Kenyan police have arrested two suspected terrorists from Tanzania in the ongoing operation in the coastal Boni Forest in Lamu County. The suspects were arrested at roadblocks erected by security personnel in Operation Linda Boni. The operation is being carried out in Boni Forest, where Al-Shabaab terrorists are said to have set […]

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From Kenya It’s Time for Honesty. STATEMENT BY RT. HON RAILA ODINGA; Ladies and gentlemen; I am happy to be back home ahead of the El Nino. I called to speak to you on the sorry state of affairs in our country, particularly our economy. Since Jubilee came to power, it has insisted that the […]

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From allafrica By David Mwere Some 105 MPs have signed a motion to impeach President Uhuru Kenyatta over claims he has violated the constitution. Suba MP John Mbadi, who is leading the initiative, said that the exercise is progressing well and he expects the matter to be concluded by the end of this week. The […]

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The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line between Mombasa and Nairobi under construction. A new World Bank report predicts Kenya’s economy will be the best performing in sub-Saharan Africa in the next 15 years growing at a steady 6.2 per cent. PHOTO | FILE By PAUL REDFERN IN SUMMARY African economies who will suffer from China’s economic […]

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From The Guardian Ethiopia and Djibouti are looking to create an African infrastructure hegemony that reaches into West Africa. THE MEN IN NAVY BLUE: Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn with Djibouti President, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. If they had their way they would own oil the railway and oil pipelines from East Africa to the Gulf […]

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From African Arguments Posted on October 1, 2015 by Patrick Mutahi If the government’s KDF Amendment Bill goes through as planned, Parliament will effectively lose its constitutional oversight of the army. Amidst a growing sense of insecurity in parts of Kenya and the broader region over the past few years, the Kenyan army has been growing in visibility and […]

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MOMBASA, Kenya, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — The Kenyan government on Saturday released the Norwegian ship which it had detained at the Mombasa port for allegedly trafficking undeclared weapons. Cliff Ombeta, lawyer representing the seized MV Hoegh Transporter,said the government released the vessel after the diplomatic intervention with UN. The ship was allowed to sail to […]

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NAIROBI, SEPT 24 Weapons discovered by Kenyan authorities aboard a Norwegian ship were part of a legitimate cargo for United Nations peacekeepers and the vessel should not have been inspected without a U.N. presence, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday. Kenyan authorities said they uncovered weapons and a drug-like substance stashed inside a shipment of U.N. vehicles when […]

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Source: Reuters - Wed, 23 Sep 2015 07:43 GMT By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Kenyan security agents have found an unspecified amount of weapons and drugs on a Norwegian-flagged ship they intercepted last week, a senior police officer said. East Africa has become a key export route for Afghan heroin destined […]

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From The International Crisis Group By Rashid Abdi Many paths have been tried to counter the appeal of violent religious extremism in East Africa. In the Muslim community, traditional Sufism is being increasingly viewed as an important new way. But it should be followed with caution, since official embrace of just one religious custom can never […]

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