Somali Kenyans in social media campaign

Apr 22, 2014, 06:06 PM

In Kenya, young people of #Somali origin have started online campaigns against what they say is the unfair stereotyping of their community in the country's security operations. Kenyan authorities have stepped up their fight against militant Islamists in recent weeks, carrying out raids in Nairobi's mainly Somali neighbourhood of Eastleigh. Human rights activist Ahmed Nadir Omar is a Somali Kenyan involved with some of these campaigns aimed at raising concerns about the treatment of this community. He spoke to Bola Mosuro - in the Focus on Africa radio programme - about the motivation behind #ImNotATerrorist and #Kasaraniconcentrationcamp.