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Fazul Believed to Have Taken Over al-Shabaab

Al ShabaabThe man who masterminded the 1998 terrorist attacks on US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam is believed to have taken over the leadership of al-Shabaab in war-torn Somalia, Kenyan counter-terrorism officials say.

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Ethiopia Opens Museum of Horror

Ethiopia MuseumEthiopia inaugurated a museum on Sunday in memory of victims of former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam's "Red Terror" purge which killed tens of thousands in the 1970s.

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Touched By A Finger of God

Esther ArungaFinger of God. This is the latest of many catchwords, "churches" and or businesses to come out of Kenya's booming religious sector. So ubiquitous has this name become in the minds and even acts of some Nairobi-based Kenyans that mention it anywhere and you will receive, in the very least, an expression of want-to-know-more. And this is brought to you courtesy of a TV poster girl, and a jazz music maestro-cum-preacher. What a combination!!

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Africans Discriminate against Africans

Gay RightsHomosexuality in Africa is one of those subjects that provoke great emotion, generally a taboo issue most Africans seem to believe it to be a ‘sin’ or abomination against whichever God they worship. It’s an issue so hot that it may be the only one which brings together both Muslim and Christian as it recently did in Kenya when religious leaders from both sides joined together to protest a gay marriage.

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Happy Birthday Bob, Says China

Happy Birthday MugabeChina said on Monday its embassy in Zimbabwe had thrown a birthday party for President Robert Mugabe, a rare sign of foreign support for a leader reviled by many Zimbabweans and criticised by the United States and Europe.

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