Kenya – gold mine – chinese investors

  Residents of Migori invaded a gold mine over land grabbing claims, forcing a government administrator and the Chinese investor to flee.   The Chinese investor fled over a mabati fence while armed police watched helplessly as local gold miners in Masara stormed the site.   The residents claimed that the land in which the Chinese investor dug the mine was… Continue reading Kenya – gold mine – chinese investors

Somalia and Kenya

Somalia on Sunday rejected accusations by Kenya that it had auctioned off oil and gas blocks in a disputed maritime area.   Nairobi on Saturday recalled its ambassador from Mogadishu for "urgent consultations" over the maritime border dispute that involves lucrative offshore oil and gas deposits.   Kenya said it had acted because of an "egregious decision… Continue reading Somalia and Kenya

Somalia and Kenya conflict/dispute

  Kenya should learn from Somalia the meaning of national pride. Kenya and Somalia *** Disputes 2014 Oil & Gas: An Equidistant Line Could Settle Somalia-Kenya Maritime Dispute According to the AFP, Somalia argued that the maritime border should extend Southeast, in an area equidistant between the two states, while Kenya believes the line delineating water… Continue reading Somalia and Kenya conflict/dispute

Kenya and Somalia

Nairobi is blaming external players with interests in oil, gas and fishing for the ongoing diplomatic row over the maritime border. Diplomacy analysts reckon that Somalia’s decision to exhibit seismic data of oil blocks to potential buyers in London on February 7 was sponsored by those who are keen to exploit the resources off the… Continue reading Kenya and Somalia

Kenya – Trustland and british colony

The Kikuyu genocide took place in the 1950's, a decade after the Holocaust and the West’s promise to never again allow the destruction of entire peoples, and it saw virtually the entire population of 1.5 million Kikuyu locked up in concentration camps, where they were starved, beaten, and tortured to death by the tens of… Continue reading Kenya – Trustland and british colony