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Title:Kenya, the United States, and counterterrorism
Author:Prestholdt, JeremyISNI
Year:2010
Periodical:Africa Today (ISSN 1527-1978)
Volume:57
Issue:4
Pages:3-27
Language:English
Geographic terms:Kenya
United States
Subjects:terrorism
military assistance
External link:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/africa_today/v057/57.4.prestholdt.pdf
Abstract:This essay examines US security aid to Kenya, the experiences of those affected by counterterrorism initiatives, and the ways in which Kenya's internal sociopolitical dynamics shape America's counterterrorism agenda. US counterterrorism strategy on the African continent entails the coordination of diplomatic pressures and aid-related incentives. In response to multiple terrorist attacks and American stimulus, Kenyan authorities have expanded their efforts to apprehend violent extremists, yet these efforts have led to a variety of human rights abuses while exacerbating historical frictions between the Kenyan government and minority Muslim communities. Evidence from Kenya suggests that unless US policymakers and their African allies address the social tensions upon which counterterrorism is being grafted, security aid may produce few results beyond the alienation of Muslim communities and the empowerment of domestic security forces with greater martial resources. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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