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Local residents, activists, members of Greenpeace Africa, and advocates for ocean justice gather on the beach as part of the 11th Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Kenya on June 15, 2026. [AFP]
Kenya found itself embroiled in a diplomatic spat with Taiwan yesterday after the detention of delegates from the island who were scheduled to attend the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa and Kilifi Counties.
Yesterday, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was quoted in the international press saying that its scholars were detained by Kenyan authorities for 20 hours and their passports and mobile phones confiscated.
"The barbaric acts of confiscating passports and mobile phones and restricting personal and communication freedoms violate human rights and international norms,” states a statement from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
