Search for Common Ground (Search) in collaboration with the Human Rights Agenda (HURIA), Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), Kiunga Youth Bunge Initiative (KYBI), Tana River Peace, Reconciliation and Development (TRPRD) and Ijara Women for Peace has established an Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) system through embedded community observation and social media listening, with the aim to harness the shared information between communities, civil society organisations, and government authorities to identify and address imminent threats in the post-election phase, particularly looking at conflict trends, drivers and locations that could potentially trigger or experience violence. Social media listening monitors online conversations, with a focus on Facebook and TikTok, to track hate speech and misinformation trends and how these could potentially affect conflicts offline.
Between April 1st 2023 and April 25th 2023, Kenya’s electoral context at the Coast and Garissa recorded 32 conflict incidents, marked by massacre deaths resulting from religious extremism (90) in Kilifi county, Infecious disease (75) in Mombasa and Tana River counties, Robbery with violence (4) in Mombasa, Kwale and Lamu counties, Farmer-herder conflicts (3) in Lamu county, Flooding crisis (3) in Mombasa, Tana River and Garissa counties, domestic violence (3) in Lamu and Mombasa counties, Protests (3) in Lamu, Mombasa and Tana River, Mob retribution (2) in Mombasa county, counties, criminal gang activities (2) in Mombasa and Kilifi counties, child defilements (2) in Mombasa and Kwale counties, Police v/s community clashes (2) in Mombasa and Lamu counties, Dispute over distribution of maize seeds (2) in Lamu and Kwale counties, Land disputes (1) in Kwale county, Suicide (1) in Kwale county, and Human-wildlife conflict (1) in Lamu county.
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