Gaf Daba News Today

Every decade since 1963 has seen enormous changes in Kenya, some for the better, others for the worse, but change all the same.

Pre-independence, Kenya's Northern Frontier Districts fought to be part of Somalia during Shifta War or Gaf Daba (1963–1967). The post-1963 Kenya war against the "Shifta," securitized the relationship between the state, the region, and the people. Since then a series of massacres- the Wagala (1984), Bagala (1998), and Malka Mari (1982), and the advent of the war on terror saw the rise of the label, terrorists. The result is a huge difficulty in accessing state services, National...

The challenge with Africa is that it has over 3,000 ethnic groups and 2100 languages, making it unfeasible to break up states further.