KENYA
High Anxiety
The Somali terror group, al-Shabaab, launched an attack in Kenya on Thursday, killing a policeman, in an attempt to make good on a pledge by the al Qaeda linked group to disrupt Kenya’s Aug. 8presidential elections.
Al-Shabab has killed dozens of Kenyans since last March in retaliation for the country’s decision to send troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight the extremists.
The group’s latest attack is adding to tensions in the country over elections: It comes just days after the still unsolved murder of the country’s top election official.
A disputed presidential race 10 years ago led to ethnic unrest in which 1,200 were killed. Many fear a repeat of that violence and are fleeing Kenya’s cities for the countryside, Reuters reported.
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