Margot Kiser

Margot Kiser covers war, geopolitics, human rights, conservation, and crime, primarily in East Africa. She is currently at work on a project about Islamism in East Africa, and a memoir of her life as safari wife and conservationist in post-Socialist Tanzania.

ON GUARD

The Other Attack That Has U.S. Forces Unnerved: Kenya

Three Americans were killed Sunday when Islamic al-Shabab fighters made a rare breach of a U.S. military installation, as the drone base was on alert for retaliation from Iran.

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THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES

Inside Kenya’s Most Shameful Rhino Massacre

Last summer, 11 rhinos died after relocation, not at the hands of poachers but thanks to the ugly politics of wildlife preservation.

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UNHAPPY VALLEY

Who Killed This Man Who Saved So Many Rhinos and Elephants?

A land grab may have been behind the murder in Kenya of American conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin.

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UHURU!

U.S.-Style Election Skullduggery Shows Up in Kenya

The same techniques and some of the same players blamed for Brexit and Trump are now doing their thing in Africa, where fair elections have been the exception rather than the rule.

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