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FILE: Kenyan security forces were locked in a fierce, final battle with al-Shabaab gunmen. Picture: AFP

Nairobi mall attack

Kenya set to reopen Westgate mall

By Reuters

The mall will reopen nearly two years after al Shabaab gunmen massacred at least 67 people.

  • FILE:Smoke rises from the beseiged Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi following a loud explosion. Kenyan security forces were locked in a fierce, final battle with Somali Islamist gunmen. Picture: AFP.

    Shots fired at Nairobi mall rattle Kenyans

    Guards fired shots in the air after a driver lost control of his vehicle at a Nairobi mall.

    2802 days ago
  • A woman holds a programme at the funeral service for James Thomas, the 57-year-old Cape Town man killed in the attack on the Westgate mall in Kenya. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    SA terror victim laid to rest

    James Thomas has been laid to rest after he was shot dead in the Nairobi mall attack.

    3157 days ago
  • James Thomas was killed in the Nairobi mall attack, which was carried out by al-Shabaab gunmen. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Thomas was a simple man - wife

    Family and friends of James Thomas gathered at the Bishops Diocesan College Chapel in Rondebosch.

    3157 days ago
  • James Thomas’s coffin arrives at the Chapel of Bishops College on 2 October 2013. Picture: Carmel Loggenberg/EWN

    Kenya attack victim to be buried

    Cape Town businessman James Thomas, 57, was shot by al-Shabaab gunmen in September.

    3157 days ago
  • A policeman carries a baby to safety after Somalia's al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the Westgate Mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff in Nairobi, Kenya on 21 September 2013. Picture: AFP

    SA terror victim to be laid to rest

    James Thomas was shot three times during a terrorist attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi.

    3160 days ago
  • KENYA, Nairobi : Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his wife Margaret lay a wreath of flowers during the funeral service of his nephew Mbugua Mwangi and his fiancee Rosemary Wahito in Nairobi on September 27, 2013 after they were both killed in the Westagte Mall attacks. Kenyan and foreign forensics teams scoured the wreckage of a Nairobi shopping mall for bodies and clues after a four-day siege by Islamist gunmen left 67 dead and dozens more missing. AFP PHOTO/JOHN MUCHACHA

    Kenya 'at war' with al Shabaab

    The country is also facing serious questions about the Westgate Mall attack and whether it was warned.

    3161 days ago
  • KENYA, Nairobi : Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his wife Margaret lay a wreath of flowers during the funeral service of his nephew Mbugua Mwangi and his fiancee Rosemary Wahito in Nairobi on September 27, 2013 after they were both killed in the Westagte Mall attacks. Kenyan and foreign forensics teams scoured the wreckage of a Nairobi shopping mall for bodies and clues after a four-day siege by Islamist gunmen left 67 dead and dozens more missing. AFP PHOTO/JOHN MUCHACHA

    Al-Shabaab issues new threat – Kenya

    Eight suspects are being held in connection with the Nairobi mall attack that killed over 67 people.

    3162 days ago
  • This picture shows a house in Bromhof which, according to witnesses, was rented by Samantha Lewthwaite for three months. Picture: AFP

    Progress in Nairobi attack investigation

    Kenyan officials are making headway in their probe into the deadly attack at the Westgate Mall.

    3163 days ago
  • A Kenyan woman is helped to safety after masked gunmen stormed an upmarket mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff in Nairobi on 21 September 2013. Picture: AFP

    British national arrested in Nairobi

    A British national of Somali origin was reportedly arrested as he attempted to leave Kenya.

    3165 days ago
  • Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta leaves a hotel in London on 7 May 2013. Picture: AFP

    3 days of mourning for Kenya

    It remains unclear how many hostages died in a terror attack at a Nairobi mall.

    3165 days ago
  • Smoke rises from the beseiged Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi following a loud explosion. Kenyan security forces were locked in a fierce, final battle with Somali Islamist gunmen. Picture: AFP

    Westgate represents Africa's Somali malaise

    Elizabeth Sidiropoulos takes a closer look at the Westgate terror attack & radicalism.

    3165 days ago
  • Smoke rises from the beseiged Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi following a loud explosion. Kenyan security forces were locked in a fierce, final battle with Somali Islamist gunmen. Picture: AFP

    Al-Shabaab warns of more attacks

    The Somali Islamist group warned Kenyans to expect more “black days” ahead.

    3165 days ago
  • An image grab taken from AFP TV shows Kenyan troops taking position on September 21, 2013 inside the Westgate mall in Nairobi where Somali militants claimed responsibility for the killing of at least 59 people. Picture: NICHOLE SOBECKI/AFP.

    Three soldiers die after mall attack

    Army officials say 11 soldiers in total were injured in the ongoing siege at Nairobi’s Westgate mall.

    3165 days ago
  • Smoke rises from the beseiged Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi following a loud explosion. Kenyan security forces were locked in a fierce, final battle with Somali Islamist gunmen. Picture: AFP

    SA woman still missing in Kenya

    It's unclear if the woman has been killed or is still being held hostage by militants.

    3166 days ago
  • A policeman carrys a baby to safety after Somalia's al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the Westgate Mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff in Nairobi, Kenya on 21 September 2013. Picture: AFP

    Al-Shabaab threatens to kill hostages

    The militant group warns that if force is used by Kenyan authorities, hostages will be killed.

    3167 days ago
  • Mall officials and policemen scatter as gunfire rings out on 21 September 2013 at an upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi where al Shabaab terrorists opened fire on civilians. Picture: AFP

    Explosions heard at Nairobi mall

    Kenyan security forces are battling to end a 43-hour standoff at Westgate Shopping Mall.

    3167 days ago
  • KENYA, Nairobi : An image grab taken from AFP TV shows Kenyan security forces taking position inside a shopping mall following an attack by masked gunmen in Nairobi on September 21, 2013. Masked attackers stormed the packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi, spraying gunfire and killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more before holing themselves up in the complex. AFP PHOTO/AFPTV/NICHOLE SOBECKI

    Kenyan security forces take position

    Security forces locked in a standoff on Sunday with gunmen who killed at least 39 people at a Nairobi mall.

    3168 days ago
  •  Injured people receive assistance from bypassers after masked gunmen stormed an upmarket Nairobi mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff on September 21, 2013 in Nairobi. Picture: AFP

    Al-Shabaab claim responsibility for Nairobi attack

    The group said Kenya received repeated warnings to pull its troops out of Somalia.

    3168 days ago
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