Victor Angelo

Following what I wrote yesterday about the national armies in some of the Sahelian countries – that their low operational capacity is one...

I was in contact today with a former UN colleague who is now serving in Somalia. And I became deeply worried, as we reviewed the situation...

Kenya is very vulnerable to Al-Shabaab´s terrorist enterprises.  There is the long border with Somalia, the home base for this radical...

It´s quite obvious that Kenya is a frontline country in the fight against armed and terrorist groups. The key NATO countries should engage...

One of my colleagues at the UN, a man from a Nordic country, decided to retire by the Kenyan coast, not far from Mombasa. That decision wa...

Again on West Africa, this time on piracy: the Gulf of Guinea has experienced this year 30 sea incidents. In two cases, the local pirates ...

The US Navy Seals operations over the week end in Libya and Somalia, to capture well known terrorist leaders raise a number of questions, ...

Nairobi is a major international hub and a reference city in East Africa. The UN has a very large presence there, including the world head...