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A detailed account of the 2013 siege by al-Shabaab militants at an upmarket mall in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed 71 people and wounded 200. Learn about the background, preparation, shootings, hostage crisis, rescue operation, and aftermath of the incident.
Al-Qaeda carried out truck bomb attacks on August 7, 1998, on the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The bombings killed more than 220 people and were a response to U.S. involvement in the extradition and torture of Egyptian Islamic Jihad members.
This is a list of mass or spree killers in Africa. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves.
The EFF says "We stand in solidarity with the people of Kenya who are bravely protesting against the exploitative legislation that seeks to impose severe tax." [46] Gideon Moi, Kenyan politician and party leader of the Kenya African National Union condemned the arrest and abduction of people perceived to be leaders of the protests. He said an ...
A coordinated attack by Al-Shabaab militants killed 21 civilians and five attackers at a hotel and office complex in Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2019. The attack lasted for over 22 hours and involved a suicide bombing, gunfire and grenades.
WikiLeaks is a document archive website that publishes anonymous submissions of documents that are typically unavailable to the general public. The web page lists some of the major leaks by WikiLeaks since 2006, such as the Guantanamo Bay Manual, the BNP membership list, and the Kenya police killings.
From late 2011 to 2014, Kenya experienced an upsurge in violent terrorist attacks. Kenyan government officials asserted that many of the murders and blasts were carried out by al-Shabaab in retaliation for Operation Linda Nchi, a coordinated military mission between the Somalian military and Kenyan military that began in October 2011, when troops from Kenya crossed the border into the conflict ...
According to a commissioner with the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya, a government oversight body that had been formed in response to the 2008 Kenyan post-election violence, the Wagalla massacre represents the worst human rights violation in Kenya's history. St.Kizito massacre: 13 July 1991 Akithii Location, Meru County: 19