Kenyans are Elated to Welcome President Obama. But There’s Some Big Disappointment, Too Mark Leon Goldberg July 23, 2015 President Obama is visiting Kenya this week. This is his first trip to his father’s country of birth since becoming president, and people in Kenya are certainly treating it like a homecoming. Here with me to discuss the symbolic and political relevance ...
Episode 69: Kakenya Ntaiya Mark Leon Goldberg June 15, 2015 When Kakenya Ntaiya was a teenager in her small Kenyan village, she made a deal with her father. She would undergo a public circumcision ceremony if he let her stay in school. 25 years later, Ntaiya holds advanced degrees from universities in the USA an...
John Kerry in Kenya+ Somalia Mark Leon Goldberg May 5, 2015 The Secretary of State is in the midst of a visit to Kenya to lay the groundwork for President Obama’s visit in July. There are many issues on the table, including terrorism, human rights issues and Kenya’s decision to shut down the Dadaab refugee camp. On tha...
Will Kenya Shut Down the World’s Largest Refugee Camp? Katherine Edelen April 23, 2015 In the wake of the horrific Garissa University attacks, which took the lives of 148 people, Kenya’s Deputy President delivered an ultimatum to the United Nations Refugee Agency: move nearly half a million Somali refugees out of a huge Kenyan refugee camp in th...
Why #147notjustanumber is Such an Important Hashtag Mark Leon Goldberg April 8, 2015 A powerful social media campaign is underway to humanize the victims of the Garissa University attack in Kenya. This campaign is a powerful rejoinder to al Shebaab. “Ory Okolloh Mwangi, also known as @KenyanPundit, started the campaign on Sunday before the off...
The Kenyan Shilling Takes a Beating Mark Leon Goldberg April 6, 2015 Al Shebaab’s terror campaign is starting to have a deleterious economy-wide consequence. “The sell-off that’s driven the Kenyan shilling to the lowest against the dollar in more than three years is poised to extend after the country’s deadliest attack by Islam...
A Massacre in Kenya Mark Leon Goldberg April 3, 2015 At least 147 people were killed when al Shebaab militants attacked a college campus in the Kenyan town of Garissa, not far from the border with Somalia. This is the single worst terrorist incident in Kenya since the 1998 embassy bombings. “Masked men burst int...
Kenya Attack: Are schools the Newest Terrorist Targets? Mark Leon Goldberg April 2, 2015 Are schools the newest terrorist targets? Details about the attack in Kenya are still unfolding. But it's becoming clear that this is a monumental tragedy. Over 140 people have been reportedly killed. Mostly students. This attack on a school is sadly par...
Mediation Fail in the Central African Republic Penelope Starr February 24, 2015 How the Congolese president is undermining his own mediation process in the Central African Republic
