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ISS: Winning community trust can help rid Kenya of al-Shabaab Written by ISSAfrica - 12 To stop violent extremism in Mandera County, police need residents’ support and an extensive intelligence network. Different approaches by Kenya’s county and national governments to al-Shabaab have made Mandera County a terror hotspot. The assaults started in 2011 when the Kenya Defence Forces entered Somalia to help that country fight the violent extremist group. Recent attacks on communication masts and the detonation of improvised explosive devices along major roads used by government and securit...

Different approaches by Kenya’s county and national governments to al-Shabaab have made Mandera County a terror hotspot. The assaults started in 2011 when the Kenya Defence Forces entered Somalia to help that country fight the violent extremist group. Recent attacks on communication masts and the detonation of improvised explosive devices along major roads used by government and security officers suggest that al-Shabaab is there to stay. Although the government has made attempts to push the terrorists out of Kenya, it won’t succeed without community support and an extensive intelligence n...

Winning community trust may be the path towards ridding Kenya of al-Shabaab Roba D Sharamo and Guyo Chepe Turi © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved First published by  Different approaches by Kenya’s county and national governments to al-Shabaab have made Mandera County a terror hotspot. The assaults started in 2011 when the Kenya Defence Forces entered Somalia to help that country fight the violent extremist group.  Recent attacks on communication masts and the detonation of improvised explosive devices along major roads used by government and security o...

THE STANDARD By Editorial | April 5th 2021 at 19:36:11 GMT +0300 A herder fetches water for his Camels at Darwed water point in Mandera West Sub County on March 14, 2021. Drought has hit Mandera County that has left livestock dead. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] In the Northern Frontier Districts of Kenya, it doesn't rain; it pours. In December 2019, parts of Mandera and Garissa counties came under a desert locusts invasion after swarms flew into the area from Somalia and Ethiopia. The April-May 2020 short rains and the October-December 2020 long rains failed to yield the expected quantity of ...

THE STANDARD By Lucas Barasa | April 6th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 [Courtesy] A ravaging drought has hit Mandera County following failure of long and short rains for more than a year. Governor Ali Roba said the border county only received 20 per cent of April-May and October-December long and short rains respectively last year. “The low and erratic rainfalls are increasing in frequency and severity and resulted in a depressed pasture, acute water scarcity and food shortage,” Roba said. The governor who is the chairman of Frontier Counties Development Council said the county’s situati...