Tag: Kenya

Kenya – Unlocking constraints to industries without smokestacks to catalyze job creation for youth in Kenya (Brookings)

Adan Shibia, Eldah Onsomu, and Boaz Munga write: Unlike in much of the developed world, the promise of manufacturing to spur economic growth and jobs in...

(Kenya/Al Shabab) The Kenyans robbed of their families by al-Shabab (Al Jazeera)

 Osman Osman writes for Al Jazeera: Amina* sits close to the edge of her modest home in Garissa, a county in northern Kenya bordering Somalia....

Kenya – Investigate Deportation of Turkish National (HRW)

Kenyan authorities should investigate the alleged abduction and eventual deportation of Selahaddin Gülen to Turkey despite a Kenyan court order prohibiting his deportation, Human Rights...

Kenya/Somalia – Kenya to reopen Mogadishu embassy ‘as soon as possible’ (Al Jazeera)

Kenya says it will honour Somalia’s invitation to restore diplomatic ties and reopen its embassy in Mogadishu, marking a thaw in the often-tense relations...

Kenya – Helping farmers in Kenya keep produce cool to cut food waste (Victoria Masterson, WEF)

The cool innovation helping farmers in Kenya cut food waste | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

Public Spaces/Flood Resilience/Kenya – In Nairobi, Residents Redesign Public Spaces to Build Flood Resilience (World Resources Institute)

By Madeleine Galvin and Anne Maassen  In Nairobi, Residents Redesign Public Spaces to Build Flood Resilience | World Resources Institute (wri.org)

Kenya – Digital information service helps small-scale farmers respond to COVID-19 (IFAD)

Access to accurate and timely information is crucial for farmers all around the world, and even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/story/asset/42510061

(Kenya) ‘No other home’: Refugees in Kenya camps devastated over closure (Al Jazeera)

Sally Hayden Kenya has given an ultimatum to the UN refugee agency to present a plan over the closure of the Dadaab and Kakuma camps...

(Kenya) What is going on with Kenya’s COVID-19 vaccine drive? (Al Jazeera)

Patrick Gathara Vaccine hoarding by the West and domestic corruption are hampering the vaccination campaign in Kenya. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/3/what-is-going-wrong-with-kenyas-covid-19-vaccine-drive

(Kenya) Kenya orders closure of Dadaab, Kakuma refugee camps (Al Jazeera)

Nairobi gives UN refugee agency two weeks to present plan to shut the two sprawling refugee camps. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/24/kenya-orders-closure-of-dadaab-kakuma-refugee-camps

(Kenya) Kenyan court upholds ban on female genital mutilation (Al Jazeera)

Kenya’s high court refused to allow female circumcision for consenting adults, saying the practice does not have health benefits. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/kenyan-court-upholds-ban-on-female-genital-mutiliation

(Kenya/Somalia) Kenya boycotts ICJ hearing on Somalia sea boundary row (Al Jazeera)

The dispute is about some 100,000sq km of seafloor, believed to be rich in oil and gas. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/15/kenya-boycotts-world-court-hearing-on-somalia-sea-boundary-row

(Kenya) The effect of lockdown policies on international trade: Evidence from Kenya (Brookings)

Addisu Lashitew and Majune K. Socrates This study analyzes how Kenya’s import and export trade was affected by lockdown policies during the COVID-19 outbreak. Analysis is conducted...

(Kenya) Reducing Kenya’s health system dependence on donors (Brookings)

Kaci Kennedy McDade, Kenneth Munge, Gilbert Kokwaro, and Osondu Ogbuoji Health systems in most low- and middle-income countries face two major obstacles: insufficient domestic funding and inefficient use...

(Kenya/Security Council) Kenya on the Security Council: An opportunity for peace and multilateralism (Umberto Tavolato, ECFR)

This month, Kenya started its two-year term on the United Nations Security Council. Although often taken for granted by its neighbours and international partners,...

(Somalia/Kenya) Somalia and Kenya still have a road to neighbourly cooperation (Abdimalik Abdullahi, Al Jazeera)

In December, Somalia cut diplomatic ties with Kenya accusing it of repeatedly “meddling in its internal affairs” and “violating its sovereignty”. The move brought...