Twenty Years Ago Today Two United States Embassies Were Bombed. A Survivor Tells His Story Mark Leon Goldberg August 7, 2018On August 7th, 1998 my guest today John Lange was the acting United States Ambassador to Tanzania when a truck bomb exploded outside the embassy in Dar es Salaam. He did not know it at the time, but this bombing was part of a coordinated attack on US emba...
The Kenya Election Crisis, Explained Kimberly Curtis November 8, 2017Last week Kenyan election officials announced that President Uhuru Kenyatta won re-election in a landslide vote. But rather than marking an ending to a particularly tumultuous chapter in Kenya’s electoral history, the announcement is likely to spur a further c...
“Fake News” is Shaping Hotly Contested Elections in Kenya. The Results Could Be Deadly Kimberly Curtis August 2, 2017“Fake news” is not a new concept anywhere in the world but in the run up to the highly competitive Kenyan elections next week, the rise of fake news is fueling fears that it could exacerbate an already tense situation. Ten years ago, over 1,000 people were ki...
Kenyans are Elated to Welcome President Obama. But There’s Some Big Disappointment, Too Mark Leon Goldberg July 23, 2015President 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, 2015When 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, 2015The 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, 2015In 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, 2015A 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, 2015Al 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...
