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Private U.S. Contractors Part of the ‘Kill Chain’ in East Africa Anti-Terrorist Operations

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Private U.S. Contractors Part of the ‘Kill Chain’ in East Africa Anti-Terrorist Operations

By Kira Zalan and Emmanuel Freudenthal

A Cold War military procurement program, preferred private contractors, and escalating drone strikes in Somalia.

This Too Is Kenya: How the deCOALONIZE Campaign Challenged a Politicised Bureaucracy and Legal System

Politics1 year ago

This Too Is Kenya: How the deCOALONIZE Campaign Challenged a Politicised Bureaucracy and Legal System

By Priyanka deSouza and Alexander Ikawah

The campaign to stop the construction of a coal-fired plant in Lamu encountered many hurdles. PRIYANKA DESOUZA and ALEXANDER IKAWAH document the various challenges facing the...

Op-Eds2 years ago

A Civic Action on the LAPSSET Corridor

By L. Muthoni Wanyeki

Negotiated in secret, the deals made along East Africa’s proposed second infrastructure corridor were designed for the tenderpreneurs and their friends in Sirkal. In Lamu, an...

The Elephant

Private U.S. Contractors Part of the ‘Kill Chain’ in East Africa Anti-Terrorist Operations

By Kira Zalan and Emmanuel Freudenthal

This Too Is Kenya: How the deCOALONIZE Campaign Challenged a Politicised Bureaucracy and Legal System

By Priyanka deSouza and Alexander Ikawah

A Civic Action on the LAPSSET Corridor

By L. Muthoni Wanyeki

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