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Kenya sits on one of Africa’s most under-exploited economic assets. With a 640-kilometre coastline, territorial waters of about 9,700 square kilometres and an Exclusive Economic Zone spanning roughly 230,000 square…
The drowning of Ken Barasa Okomol, a Malaba South MCA aspirant, and his sister Cynthia Barasa, a legal advocate, on 12 September 2026 is a personal catastrophe that exposes deep,…
When Professor Godius Kalyarara of the University of Dar-es-Salaam presented his growth diagnostic of maritime transportation in Eastern and Southern Africa to a UNCTAD Ad Hoc Expert Meeting in Mombasa…
Nic Robertson’s recent CNN report captures a pivotal escalation in the Red Sea: the Iran-backed Houthis’ rapid seizure of the port of Mocha and Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandab…
When Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh accused the United Arab Emirates of pursuing “port imperialism” across Africa, he gave voice to a grievance long simmering along the Red Sea and…
The quiet release of the MV Sward near Garacad this weekend should not be celebrated as a successful resolution. It should be read as a balance-sheet entry in a growing…
Tanzania has taken a concrete step toward asserting greater control over its vast Exclusive Economic Zone by awarding a Chinese shipyard the contract to build three deep-sea fishing vessels. The…
In the quiet industrial town of Wallaceburg, Ontario, a routine-looking diplomatic visit on 12 August 2026 carried outsized significance. Acting High Commissioner of Kenya to Canada, Amb. Geoffrey E. Kaituko,…
Eighteen of the world’s most important maritime nations have done something they have not done in more than six decades of quiet existence: they have issued a public alarm. The…
As forecasts warn of heavy rains and an extended El Niño period that could deluge Kenya’s coast, the Mombasa County Government has moved with welcome haste. Its plan to mobilise…