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September 25, 2013

Nairobi attack a signpost for rising jihadist terrorism across Africa
Nairobi, Kenya (UPI) Sep 25, 2013
The four-day seizure of an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, in which dozens of people were killed by a platoon of diehard jihadists of the Somalia-based al-Shabaab group is a fearsome indication of how Islamist terrorism is swelling across Africa. Oil-rich North Africa is plagued by al-Qaida groups from Morocco to Egypt, all heavily armed with weapons seized in Libya's 2011 civil war. In 2012, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, the region's key jihadist organization, and ... read more

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