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v. t. e. On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upmarket mall in Nairobi, [4] Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the number killed in the attack, since part of the mall collapsed due to a fire that started during the siege. [5] The attack resulted in 71 total deaths, [6] including 62 civilians ...
2019 Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack. / 1.27000°S 36.80361°E / -1.27000; 36.80361. The 2019 DusitD2 complex attack was a terrorist attack that occurred from 15 to 16 January 2019 in the Westlands area of Nairobi, Kenya, which left 22 civilians and all five terrorists dead. [7] [8] [9] [10]
2023 Kericho truck crash. / 0.17653°S 35.618°E / -0.17653; 35.618. On 30 June 2023, a lorry carrying a shipping container went out of control and hit several vehicles, pedestrians and market traders on a road in Londiani, Kericho County, Kenya, killing at least 52 people and injuring at least 30. [1] [2]
Killing of Julie Ward. Julie Ward was a British woman who was killed whilst on safari in the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya in September 1988. The subsequent investigation into her death was notable for the campaign by her father, John Ward — firstly to persuade the Kenyan authorities to recognise that his daughter was murdered, and ...
The 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis was a violent political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki's main opponent in that election, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral ...
Etymology Map of Kenya The origin of the term Mau Mau is uncertain. According to some members of Mau Mau, they never referred to themselves as such, instead preferring the military title Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA). Some publications, such as Fred Majdalany's State of Emergency: The Full Story of Mau Mau, claim it was an anagram of Uma Uma (which means "Get out! Get out!") and was a ...
Website. bonifacemwangi .com. Mwangi (left) at the 2017 Halifax International Security Forum. Boniface Mwangi (born July 10, 1983) [1] [2] [3] is a Kenyan photojournalist, politician and activist involved in social-political activism. He is known for his images of the post-election violence that hit Kenya in 2007 and 2008.
Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll. Father. Victor Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll. Mother. Lucy Mackenzie. Occupation. Landowner. Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll (11 May 1901 – 24 January 1941) [1] was a British peer and a member of the British Union of Fascists, known for the unsolved case surrounding his murder and the sensation it caused ...