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Two killed in grenade attack on Kenyan church One woman and her two grandchildren also injured in attack in eastern town of Garissa

November 7, 2011
Two killed in grenade attack on Kenyan church One woman and her two grandchildren also injured in attack in eastern town of Garissa

. Al-Shabab has been accused of a spate of kidnappings and cross border attacks over the past few months [EPA] At least two people have been killed in an attack on a church in an eastern Kenyan town, amid a spate of violence and and cross-border attacks, police have said. Leo Nyongesa, the country’s police chief, said on [...]

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Does history repeat in Somalia invasion?

November 3, 2011
Does history repeat in Somalia invasion?

      History Repeats Itself With Somalia Invasion by Francis Njubi Nesbitt, November 02, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Kenya’s ill-advised incursion into Somalia on Oct. 16 after a rash of kidnappings in the tourist paradise of Lamu will most likely lead to a long and expensive quagmire. The escalation will further destabilize [...]

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Somali ‘civilians’ killed in Kenyan airstrike Strike on camp for displaced women and children kills at least three and wounds scores, say witnesses and an aid group.

October 31, 2011
Somali ‘civilians’ killed in Kenyan airstrike Strike on camp for displaced women and children kills at least three and wounds scores, say witnesses and an aid group.

Kenya’s army chief said his troops will withdraw when Kenyans ‘feel that they are safe enough from al-Shabab‘ [AFP] A Kenyan air strike on a camp packed with displaced women and children has killed at least five and wounded 45, mostly women and children, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an aid agency, said. “I can confirm five dead and [...]

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Al-Shabab and Somalia’s ‘far enemy’

October 9, 2011
Al-Shabab and Somalia’s ‘far enemy’

  Somalis have lived for 20 years without a functioning government and the services it would supply [GALLO/GETTY]       Al-Shabab and Somalia‘s ‘far enemy’ Al-Shabab has withdrawn from Mogadishu, but the country is shattered from years of civil war and US military actions. Abdullahi walks slowly past makeshift stalls in a crowded Mogadishu [...]

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