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KENYA’S OIL PIPELINE AND TERRORISM [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Defense Resources Management, 2014
The threat of Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the critical infrastructure (oil pipeline) in Kenya has brought to the attention the strategic issue of the energy sector security, highlighting the potential vulnerabilities of this sector ...
E.O.S.ODHIAMBO, L.T MAITO, K. ONKWARE
doaj  

Everyday governance on the Somalia‐Kenya border: Flourishing without state support

open access: yesDevelopment Policy Review, Volume 43, Issue 6, November 2025.
Abstract Motivation How do people living in an insecure borderland beset by civil war and insurgency solve social problems and improve life when they are targeted by counterinsurgency forces, taxed by insurgents, and their villages are too insecure to get state or NGO services?
Patta Scott‐Villiers
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the evolution of the threat al-Shabaab poses to Kenya post-Westgate attack period

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
In the last decade, al-Shabaab has carried out at least thirty terrorist attacks in Kenya, killing hundreds of people and causing damage to public and private infrastructure.
Gábor Sinkó, János Besenyő
doaj   +1 more source

Financial crimes in Africa and economic growth: Implications for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs)

open access: yesJournal of Economic Surveys, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 1212-1251, July 2025.
Abstract The current review systematically synthesizes existing literature to provide a comprehensive overview of the nature of financial crimes in Africa and their impact on economic growth. We adopted the PRISMA protocol to identify 128 papers from the Scopus database, which were analyzed using MS Excel, VOSviewer, and R‐packages (Bibliometrix).
Kingsley K. Arthur   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The fraudulent family

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 19-30, February 2025.
Abstract In 2012 the US government began requiring DNA testing in its Refugee Family Reunification Program, which was primarily used by refugees from African countries. The policy was established to allay concerns that refugees were committing “family‐composition fraud,” or including people outside their families in their resettlement and reunification
Sophia Balakian
wiley   +1 more source

Moments of suffering, pain and resilience: Somali refugees’ memories of home and journeys to exile

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2017
This article is based on a collection of stories about victimisation and resilience, told by thirty Somali refugees in Cape Town, South Africa. It seeks to understand how this group of displaced persons remembers their experiences of homelessness in ...
Ernest A. Pineteh
doaj   +1 more source

Dialoguing and negotiating with Al-Shabaab: The role of clan elders as insider-partial mediators

open access: yes, 2020
Since 2015, Al-Shabaab and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) have been locked in a violent, protracted stalemate. There is little momentum to pursue a political settlement, with Al-Shabaab rejecting any overtures of dialogue. Drawing on theoretical
Mohammed Ibrahim Shire
core   +1 more source

The problem of Islamic terrorism in Kenya in terms of regional Security in East Africa

open access: yesPoliteja, 2016
The purpose of this article is to present the issue of security in the region of East Africa, particularly in Kenya, in view of the development of the phenomenon of Islamic terrorism.
Joanna Bar
doaj   +1 more source

Somalia’s Foreign Relations in the Context of the Latest Offensive Against Al Shabaab

open access: yesJournal of Central and Eastern European African Studies
The political and military weight of clans, foreign interventions, the relations between the local, provincial and federal levels, the strength of the national idea and attachment to political islam have historically been determining factors behind ...
Matthieu Gotteland
doaj   +1 more source

South African media’s framing of the terrorist insurgency in Mozambique [PDF]

open access: yesWorld of Media
This paper investigated South African media’s framing of the terrorism insurgency in Mozambique. It specifically sought to understand how South Africa’s flagship online publications: News24, TimesLive, and IOL, framed the insurgency.
Blessing Makwambeni, Trust Matsilele
doaj   +1 more source

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