It's been over a year since gunmen armed with assault rifles and explosives stormed the upmarket Westgate Mall in Kenya's capital Nairobi on a serene Saturday afternoon. The assailants killed 67 civilians and injured several others in a siege that lasted about 3 days. Terrorist group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks insisting that it was retaliation for Operation Linda Nchi - an offensive launched against Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia [...]
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