Yassin Juma is an extraordinary journalist, who has taken great personal risk to get the story of what is happening in the war that is being waged in Somalia against Al-Shabaab
Five courageous individuals were named Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award winners on 18 March 2015. Three months later, here are updates on their ongoing work
Amran Abdundi is a women’s rights activist based in northeastern Kenya. She runs the Frontier Indigenous Network, an organisation which mobilises female peace builders and rights activists to set up shelters along the dangerous border with Somalia.
Member of Kilifi County Assembly to table bill he says is aimed at restoring decency. Duke Mangera reports
Teacher’s unions have come out guns blazing against a government directive for schools to use mother tongue as the main language of instruction in lower classes, writes Duke Mangera
While testing Kenya’s eagerness to confront the legacy of 2007 these cases offer up a further test; the ability of Kenya’s media institutions, journalists and citizens to freely interrogate the proceedings. Nik Williams reports
Legal challenge expected against “draconian” new regulator, Duke Mangera writes
Two people could face up to five years in prison for selling the film
“We believe the Kenyan public deserves better,” says the Kenya Film Classification Board
Guest Post: Bribery, corruption and media illiteracy blight the country on its 50th anniversary, says Duke Mangera