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Succession Politics and the Renewed Threat of Ethnic Violence in Kenya

Narrelle Gilchrist   Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 10:00 AM

Editor’s Note: Kenya’s politics often appear peaceful, but they are punctuated by dangerous periods of intense violence, particularly during election season. For now, Kenya’s main groups are at peace, but Narrelle Gilchrist of the University of Chicago argues that Kenya’s stability may be short lived. A refusal to compromise among key groups is escalating tension that, if not defused, could lead to a return to past violence in the lead-up to the 2022 election.

Daniel Byman

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maritime disputes

The Kenya–Somalia Maritime Dispute and Its Potential National Security Costs

Emmah Wabuke   Wed, May 15, 2019, 8:00 AM

The at-times fraught relationship between Kenya and Somalia took a new turn in 2014, when Somalia submitted a compromis before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) claiming that Kenya was conducting illegal acts in what Somalia claimed to be part of its territory. The territory in question is a 100,000 square kilometer (38,610 square mile) triangular patch created by projecting the Kenya-Somali border eastward into the Indian Ocean.

Horn of Africa

Improving Electoral Cybersecurity in Kenya

Emmah Wabuke   Fri, Sep 1, 2017, 3:42 PM

This morning, the Kenyan Supreme Court announced it cancelled last month’s presidential election and ordered a new election within 60 days. Chief Justice David Maraga affirmed that the August 8th election, which declared incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta the winner by a margin of 1.4 million votes, was not “conducted in accordance with the constitution.” Justice Maraga stated the election commission had committed irregularities “in the transmission of results,” although more details on this conclusion have not yet been provided.

Horn of Africa

Mapping the Legal Contours for Internal Deployment of Military Forces in Kenya

Emmah Wabuke   Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 10:56 AM

On March 17, 2017, President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to mount an operation in the Rift Valley to quell hostilities in the region. KDF has also been deployed to conduct an operation in Boni Forest in coastal Kenya to flush out suspected Al Shabaab militia reported to have taken refuge in the forest.

Jihadology

Jihadology Podcast: The State of Jihadism in Somalia: al-Shabab & IS

Aaron Y. Zelin   Tue, Nov 3, 2015, 8:09 AM

Harun Maruf comes on the show to discuss jihadism in Somalia. Some of the topics covered include:

What al-Shabab has been up to since the Westgate Mall attack in Kenya Background on al-Shabab’s leader Ahmad Umar and how he compares with its former leader Ahmed Abdi Godane The state of foreign fighters in Somalia The status of The Islamic State’s efforts in Somalia

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International Criminal Court (ICC)

Was President Obama’s Visit to Kenya a Snub to the International Criminal Court?

John Bellinger   Mon, Jul 27, 2015, 9:39 AM

One aspect of President Obama’s historic visit to Kenya under-reported by the U.S. press and almost entirely ignored by U.S. human rights groups was that the President met with two Kenyan leaders who had been indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity in connection with violence after the 2007 elections that killed 1000 Kenyans.

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