Reports

By Moulid Hujale Unsafe in Somalia and unwanted in Kenya, refugees increasingly risk abduction in search of a better life Two months after he went missing from the Dadaab refugee complex, Abdullahi Mohamed called his mother, Ubah, from…

In the aftermath of Kenya’s August 8th elections, international observers were fast in expressing their satisfaction with the implementation of the polls. The preliminary statements of the African Union, European Union and Carter Center observation missions…

Theft of livestock turns more deadly as herders and raiders become desperate in drought-hit areas and a ragtag militia tries to restore order On the run from the armed cattle rustlers of rural Kenya – in pictures Jacob…

By Samuel Okiror Food shortages, spiralling prices and rampant corruption cast a long shadow over Uhuru Kenyatta’s government ahead of elections in August The severe drought affecting Kenya, which has driven up the cost of food and fuelled…

Arrival of hundreds of poor tribesmen seeking grazing lands for their cattle has triggered outbreak of violence in Laikipia Early one morning last week, Richard Constant drove across the 24,000-acre ranch that he part-owns on a high…

The Kenyan government is scaling up an innovative livestock insurance programme that uses satellite imagery of drought-hit areas to offer a safety net to vulnerable farmers. The Kenya Livestock Insurance Programme (Klip) monitors forage conditions throughout…

Authorities shutting down Dadaab are repatriating up to 400 people a day despite lack of shelter, clean water or schools Authorities in Somalia have denounced the way refugees are being repatriated from neighbouring Kenya, after the Kenyan…

Residents of the world’s largest refugee complex are in a precarious position: unable to leave and yet awaiting expulsion For more than a decade now, Dadaab has held the dubious honour of being the world’s largest refugee…

By Rosalind Malcolm How do you provide a safe place to go in informal settlements in Kenya and Uganda where land ownership is often disputed or vague? Adequate sanitation is a human right, recognised by the UN. But…

Kenya appears to have softened its stance on the imminent closure of a camp hosting more than a third of a million Somali refugees, weeks after the deputy president, reacting to the massacre at Garissa University,…