Recent developments, programme updates, and research findings from the CVE Research Hub and partners.
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June 28, 2022, Daily Nation
Hellen Mukami, 30, a resident of Witu village in Lamu County, is married and raising three children from her husband’s previous marriage. The Nation caught up with her on Wednesday last week in Mokowe village on the outskirts of the …
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June 27, 2022, Daily Nation
Security agencies in Lamu County have denied unfairly targeting pastoralist communities in the war against terrorism in the region. Some locals have complained about constant harassment from security agencies that felt they were either terrorists or were harbouring suspected terrorists.
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June 17, 2022, Capital News - Capital FM Kenya
Civil society organizations have expressed concern following recent findings by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue that indicated Meta and Facebook failed to stop the terrorist groups including Al-Shabab and the Islamic State from using its social media platforms. The study …
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June 15, 2022, Daily Nation
Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State are using Facebook to spread their hateful ideologies, grow audiences and broadcast their messaging in East Africa, with Kenya as their focus. This is according to a new report shared with the Nation by the …
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May 5, 2022, Daily Nation
In a rare occurrence, a Muslim cleric arrested in 2018 over terrorism, and who was acquitted yesterday, has astonished everyone by refusing to leave Kamiti maximum prison, alleging he will be executed by state security agents. However, the former Marsabit …
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Feb. 18, 2022, Capital News - Capital FM Kenya
The number of people killed in terror attacks reduced to 100 in 2021, down from 122 in 2020, a report released by the Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies (CHRIPS) has revealed. The index nearly reduced to a two-digit …
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Feb. 15, 2022, Daily Nation
Terrorist attacks in Kenya reduced from 69 in 2020 to 51 incidents reported in 2021, a report by the Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies has said. According to CHRIPS, the attacks intensified in January but decreased from February …
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Feb. 8, 2022, Daily Nation
In March last year, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations released images of a lone gunman who snatched a firearm from a traffic police officer at a Kisumu bus park and went on a shooting frenzy before he was lynched by …
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Feb. 8, 2022, Daily Nation
Kenya remains in a state of heightened alert following travel warnings by French, US and European Union officials of imminent terrorist attacks. Kenya has suffered deadly terror attacks claimed by the Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab. As a result it has …
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Jan. 17, 2022, The Star
At least 15 al-Shabaab militants have this evening been killed by security forces in Lamu following a successful raid at Bodhei area within the expansive Boni forest, Lamu East. The forces are part of the multi-agency team conducting an operation …
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