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Impoverished Somali refugee camps in northern Kenya could not be more different from upmarket malls in the capital Nairobi, but attacks by Somalia's Shebab insurgents have affected them both.Now, as Kenya reels from a four-day siege by the Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen in Westgate mall, Somalis in the country are terrified of retaliatory attacks."We are now more fearful than ever," said Mohamed Sheikh, a refugee living in the vast Dadaab complex, the world's largest refugee camp where row after row of tin shacks and shelters made of plastic and branches stretch almost as far as the eye can see.The camp, in northeastern Kenya and close to the border with war-torn Somalia, hosts over 405,000 Somalis who fled conflict.Many hate the extremist Shebab as much as Kenyans in Nairobi do, after the devastating bloodbath in the shopping centre which left at least 67 dead and dozens more missing."It was the Shebab that did everything bad to us in Somalia... and they are now following us to Kenya," Sheikh...
At least 60 people killed in Nairobi
Scarred by memories of a pair of attacks on Israeli targets in Africa a decade ago, Israel has dispatched a team of experts to its close ally Kenya to advise authori...
Norwegian authorities say they are investigating a Norwegian citizen of Somali origin who is suspected of involvement in the terror attack on a mall in Kenya last mo...
The Kenyan government says the FBI has determined that a massive fire that engulfed Nairobi's international airport in August was caused by an electrical fault.Kenya...
Somali militant group al-Shabab claims responsibility for attack
Terror attack a wake-up call for mall security
Somalia's Shebab on Friday threatened fresh attacks against Kenya, as police scoured the smoking rubble in Nairobi's Westgate mall devastated by their assault for bo...
At least 59 killed, 175 wounded in attack
The Foreign Office has confirmed that a British man has been arrested in Kenya following the siege at an upscale mall that has left dozens dead.The agency said in a ...
Somalia's Shebab Islamists threatened Wednesday to step up militant attacks against Kenya, after Nairobi refused to pull its troops out of Somalia.The Al-Qaeda linke...
As the deadly attack unfolded inside Kenya's Westgate mall, the militants who claimed responsibility for the spreading mayhem sent out tweet after tweet, taunting th...
Foreign ministers from around Africa on Friday meet at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia to discuss Africa's relationship with the International Criminal Co...
Former Ambassador John Price on why American's should be concerned about attack in Nairobi
Kenyan government claims site is secure, most hostages freed
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton on what we should take away from the attack in Nairobi
Expert: Global terror threat evolving
British law enforcement agencies averted a plot to orchestrate a large-scale terror attack similar to the assault on Kenya's Westgate mall, an official said Monday.P...
Role of women in jihadi groups
Kenyan troops are in "control" of Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall three days after a deadly siege by Islamists, who, according to Kenya's foreign minister, include ...