Kenya’s tourism industry is heavily focused on its beaches and wildlife.
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Each terror attack has a different impact on tourism and this is influenced by variables, like the type of facilities targeted
Kenyan police continue security measures a day after the terror attack in Nairobi.
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Kenya needs to disseminate and implement intelligence so that it can effectively prevent and counter future terror attempts.
People had to run for cover during the exchange of fire between al-Shabaab and Kenyan security forces.
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Kenya has done a great deal to prevent and manage terror attacks but there are still many problems that need to be addressed.
About nine out of ten Somalis above the age of 16 own a phone.
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Mobile money transfers have become the norm in Somalia. Transactions total as much as $2.7bn a month.
Candles in memory of those killed in Nairobi’s Westgate Mall attack in September 2013.
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Containing Al-Shabaab in Kenya doesn’t directly reduce the group’s standing inside Somalia.
Egyptian-born Australian musician, Joseph Tawadros.
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African Australians contribute to all major musical genres - from dance to hip hop and beyond.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (left) and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki re-opening the Eritrean embassy in Addis Ababa.
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It would be a mistake to ridicule what’s been achieved in the Horn of Africa, but obstacles remain.
Four people died in the latest violence and looting to hit shops owned by foreign nationals in Soweto, Johannesburg.
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Framing xenophobic violence as a question of immigrant victimisation invites divisions between neighbours.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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In many ways US-Kenya relations is in uncharted territory.
Simon Kingori, a survivor of the 1998 bomb blast at the US embassy in Nairobi prays at the memorial park in the city.
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Two decades after terrorists bombed the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Kenya has implemented a slew of measures to counter terrorism.
Mogadishu’s Waaberi Theatre Troupe back in the 1970s when Somalia was a cultural hub.
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A crate digger essentially builds a personal library of sonic texts that often can’t be found on the internet or in official archives.
French soldiers patrol in Diabaly, Mali, in 2013, following the failure of the African Support Mission.
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Conflict patterns in Africa have changed rapidly in recent years posing a challenge to peace and security.
A mock-up of banned Muslim travellers’ passport placed outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April.
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The ban has major implications for thousands of would-be immigrants from all of the affected countries, except perhaps Venezuela.
An artist’s impression of Somaliland.
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The arrest and sentencing of Somalilander Naima Qorane for publishing pro-unity poetry is just the tip of the iceberg in a state that’s eager to maintain its sovereignity as a nation.
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The transition into adulthood is challenging for young refugees: they face great adversity while trying to finishing school, find work and enter marriage.
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We looked at ten countries in East Africa and found poverty and politics were much more important drivers of conflict and displacement than climate change.
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A Somali community sick of negative headlines decided to start their own local newspaper and write their own stories.
A Turkana woman buys food from a refugee woman in Kakuma camp in north western Kenya.
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Refugee policy may well be a humanitarian issue. But it is also a development issue.
Protesters in South Africa, highlight the plight of immigrants forced into slavery in Libya.
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The decision to repatriate migrants is a welcome intervention. But, it fails to consider the fundamental causes.
Turkish Airlines the first major international carrier to run a regular service to the Somali capital in more than two decades.
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Turkey’s actions have arguably improved the situation in Somalia over the past six years but its increasing role could bring it on a collision course with other states.