| Description |
1 online resource (19 pages) : color map |
| Series |
Africa briefing ; no. 114 |
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Africa briefing ; no. 114
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| Contents |
Overview -- The Somali minority : success and setbacks -- Double-edged devolution -- Al-Shabaab and North East's security crisis -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Devolved government in Kenya's newly formed north-eastern counties, designed to address decades of political marginalisation and underdevelopment, has been undermined by dominant clans monopolising power and growing corruption. Violent clan competition and antipathy between elected county elites and the remaining national administrative structures have allowed the violently extremist Al-Shabaab movement to expand and operate with relative impunity across large areas of the North East. Its attacks exposed security-service disarray and caused a sharp reversal of already stretched state services in this vast and poor region that shares a porous 680km border with Somalia. To end the violence and capitalise on devolution's potential, county elites must be more inclusive of minorities, cooperate across local boundaries for inter-county peace and recognise the continued role for neutral national institutions. National government should recognise where pragmatism can trump convention and back new security approaches that combine national and county responses"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"17 November 2015." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (ICG, viewed November 18, 2015) |
| Subject |
Shabaab (Organization)
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| SUBJECT |
Shabaab (Organization) fast (OCoLC)fst01787723 |
| Subject |
National security -- Kenya
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Somalis -- Kenya -- North-Eastern Province
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National security.
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Politics and government.
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Somalis.
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| SUBJECT |
North-Eastern Province (Kenya) -- Politics and government
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| Subject |
Kenya.
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Kenya -- North-Eastern Province.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body
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