The 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. Add comment (0)
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Fazul Believed to Have Taken Over 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 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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