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Terrorism in Kenya

Kenya: Nine villagers beheaded in a brutal al-Shabaab attack

Africa

Kenya: Nine villagers beheaded in a brutal al-Shabaab attack

By Njeri Kimani

Newsdeck

Hostage siege under way at Kenya police station

By Al Jazeera

Newsdeck

Kenyatta threatens to withdraw troops from Somalia

By News24

Revenge, irredentism, recruitment: Al-Shabaab’s Kenyan ambitions

Africa

Revenge, irredentism, recruitment: Al-Shabaab’s Kenyan ambitions

By International Crisis Group

Analysis: Why does Kenya’s counter-terrorism strategy keep failing?

Africa

Analysis: Why does Kenya’s counter-terrorism strategy keep failing?

By Simon Allison

How not to counter terrorism: the Kenyan edition

Africa

How not to counter terrorism: the Kenyan edition

By Simon Allison

Analysis: Kenyan blasts prove that collective punishment is still not counter-terrorism

Africa

Analysis: Kenyan blasts prove that collective punishment is still not counter-terrorism

By Simon Allison

Militants hold out as Kenya forces try to crush cross-border jihad

Africa

Militants hold out as Kenya forces try to crush cross-border jihad

By Reuters

Mombasa riots: Kenya's chance to rise above the politics of fear

Africa

Mombasa riots: Kenya's chance to rise above the politics of fear

By Simon Allison

Kenyan cleric shot dead, sparks riots in Mombasa

Newsdeck

Kenyan cleric shot dead, sparks riots in Mombasa

By Reuters

Kenya faces up to the realities of war with terrorists

Africa

Kenya faces up to the realities of war with terrorists

By Simon Allison