Civilians run for safety as police provide cover during the suicide bombing and mass shooting attack on the 14 Riverside complex.
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Untreated trauma is dangerous as it may develop into other mental health complications that lead to drug abuse, depression, anger and hatred.
US National Security Advisor John Bolton sees China as a threat to Washington in Africa.
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The US needs to review whether a security agenda based on US priorities will solve problems in sub-Saharan Africa.
The aftermath of a 2018 attack by the Taliban in Ghazni city, Afghanistan. Will terrorist attacks like this one be as common in 2019?
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Terrorist attacks and fatalities peaked in 2014, and have been on the decline since then.
In 2017 US President Donald Trump intensified the use of drones in Somalia.
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Drones are a tool to manage the threat of al-Shabaab, but there’s no way they’ll defeat the group entirely.
Kenya’s tourism industry is heavily focused on its beaches and wildlife.
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Each terror attack has a different impact on tourism and this is influenced by variables, like the type of facilities targeted
Kenyan police continue security measures a day after the terror attack in Nairobi.
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Kenya needs to disseminate and implement intelligence so that it can effectively prevent and counter future terror attempts.
People had to run for cover during the exchange of fire between al-Shabaab and Kenyan security forces.
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Kenya has done a great deal to prevent and manage terror attacks but there are still many problems that need to be addressed.
Evacuations during the Riverside terror attack in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Foreign press took away the dignity from victims killed in the Nairobi terror attacks by publishing their pictures.
Al-Shabaab’s first attack on Kenyan soil was in 2008. Since then the Kenyan government has responded with force.
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Kenya is attacked far more than Ethiopia or other eastern African states by al-Shabaab militants.
Young Muslims protest in 2012 after the killing of a cleric accused of supporting Al-Shabaab.
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The jihadi initiative remains a loose political force in Kenya. This is dangerous for a few reasons.
Rapprochement between Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has changed the dynamics in the region.
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The lifting of UN Sanctions is unlikely to end internal and external pressure for reform and greater democracy in Eritrea.
Candles in memory of those killed in Nairobi’s Westgate Mall attack in September 2013.
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Containing Al-Shabaab in Kenya doesn’t directly reduce the group’s standing inside Somalia.
The World Trade Center burns after being hit by planes in New York Sept. 11, 2001.
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An unprecedented onslaught from the US hasn’t destroyed the terrorist organization. What is the secret of its resilience?
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (left) and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki re-opening the Eritrean embassy in Addis Ababa.
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It would be a mistake to ridicule what’s been achieved in the Horn of Africa, but obstacles remain.
Simon Kingori, a survivor of the 1998 bomb blast at the US embassy in Nairobi prays at the memorial park in the city.
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Two decades after terrorists bombed the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Kenya has implemented a slew of measures to counter terrorism.
An abandoned tank by the roadside in Eritrea.
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The Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab will hum with life once more as trade flows through them.
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The transition into adulthood is challenging for young refugees: they face great adversity while trying to finishing school, find work and enter marriage.
A Somali man talks to Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers as they secure an area in the coastal town of Kismayu in southern Somalia.
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Kenya cited national security when it crossed into Somali territory in pursuit of Al-Shabaab militants. But there were numerous other potential aims at play.
Somali soldiers and peacekeepers from the AU Mission during an operation in 2014.
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Official reasons for joining the Somalia mission were that the conflict posed a security risk. But in fact other factors played a bigger role.
People move around the outskirts of Dagahaley settlement at Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp.
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UN Refugee Agency special envoy Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey, explains what caused the reversal of the decision to close Dadaab, and what the future holds for Kenya’s Somali refugees.