insecurity Stories
The resolutio calls on UN member states to deepen their engagement with youth in peace initiatives and to expand national action plans under the Youth...
Residents of Mjambere Ward in Kisauni, Mombasa, have petitioned the county government to urgently repair streetlights after a fatal gang attack, warni...
In Kenya’s informal settlements, school holidays cut off vital meal programmes, leaving children hungry, scavenging for food and exposed to serious he...
The EU has released €250,000 in emergency aid to Kenya, funding Kenya Red Cross support for over 150,000 people as food insecurity and climate-linked...
The children were among 315 pupils and staff who were kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in late November.
According to the Jukwaa la Usalama assessment report, the government’s plan to operationalise all gazetted units has been slowed by funding delays, le...
A Nigerian court’s terrorism conviction and life sentence for Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu ends a decade-long case but leaves core Igbo grievances and ri...
The UK-funded programme, which was launched in 2018, focused on strengthening policing, promoting gender equality, enhancing peacebuilding, and integr...
Wajir MCAs have demanded accountability from national security agencies after two men disappeared in Dadajabula and Nairobi, citing a pattern of enfor...
Mohammed Badaru Abubakar's resignation comes as Nigeria scrambles to respond to a wave of mass kidnappings.
Kenyan governors warn of a looming drought and urge urgent grain, livestock and hay reserves as NDMA data shows rising hunger, malnutrition and confli...
President Bola Tinubu directed the army and police to bring in an additional 20,000 officers, adding to the 30,000 he ordered on Sunday when he redepl...
Puntland is among the worst-affected areas, where authorities estimate that nearly one million people need support, including 130,000 in immediate lif...
CS Murkomen's remarks followed rising claims by various politicians that they would deploy their followers to monitor the vote count, a move he said o...
The girls were kidnapped from their dormitory at the Government Girls' Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, a community in the Wasagu/Danko Local G...
The initiative follows the national government’s recent decision to lift restrictions on advanced crop-improvement techniques, a shift intended to sti...
The mass abductions came after a warning by US President Donald Trump of military action against Nigeria over the alleged persecution of Christians in...
The move affecting approximately 100,000 officers comes days after more than 300 schoolchildren from St. Mary's Private Catholic School in Papiri, wer...
Police and military forces have been deployed to search for the missing students. A series of similar attacks has put Nigeria's security in the spotli...
RC John Otieno said the forum, comprising security agencies, community leaders, civil society groups and other stakeholders, has created a vital space...
The EU’s ambassador to Somalia, Francesca Mouro, said that the bloc is preparing for a conference that will focus on accelerating these plans.
Several attempts to resolve the issue through official channels failed, leaving local families without formal recognition of their ancestral holdings.
Insecurity in the Sahel region is worsening. Violent extremist groups are entering new territories such as Nigeria and parts of coastal West African s...
The meeting focused on expanding joint interventions that support communities grappling with conflict, drought, and the escalating impacts of climate...
Many gangs involve minors, some as young as 11, while most members are between 15 and 35 years old, often armed with knives, pangas, and occasionally...
The three sub-regions meant to coordinate service delivery are Nairobi North (Roysambu, Kasarani, Kamukunji, Mathare and Ruaraka), Nairobi East (Embak...
Efforts to deter organised crime are undermined by corruption, lack of evidence, political influence, and resource constraints, leading to miscarriage...
The alert follows the release of a report by UN-backed food insecurity experts at the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification platform (IPC), wa...
IG Kanja said the National Police Service (NPS) is working closely with regional commanders, intelligence units, and other security agencies to preven...
Murkomen explained that the ban was necessitated by a series of frequent terror attacks targeting travellers, including passengers and cargo vehicles,...
