al-Shabab
Kenya religious leaders urge unity in face of Garissa massacre
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 3, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) In the wake of the Garissa massacre, Christian and Muslim religious leaders urged unity while expressing anger over the government's inability to stop the terror.
At least 147 killed, hundreds rescued in Kenyan university attack that targeted Christians
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 2, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) “When our men arrived, they released Muslims. We are holding others hostage,” Ali Mohamud Rage, an Al-Shabab spokesman, was quoted as saying.
Islamic insurgency isn’t just a Mideast problem, as Africans know all too well
By Fredrick Nzwili — December 29, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) In 2014, Africans suffered dozens of deadly terror attacks by groups either allied with Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi or using similarly bloody tactics.
Kenya church leaders alarmed by al-Shabab’s persecution of Christians
By Fredrick Nzwili — December 10, 2014
(RNS) At a news conference on Wednesday (Dec. 10), Christian leaders said Muslims must redouble efforts to preach religious tolerance and end youth radicalization.
Kenyan city of Mombasa tense after mosque closures
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 21, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) In the first such move in Kenya’s history, the government announced the closure of four mosques in the coastal city of Mombasa, which has been wracked by religious-based violence.
Pentagon: Airstrike kills terror leader in Somalia
By Jim Michaels — September 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was targeted Monday (Sept. 1) in an airstrike that hit a vehicle and compound in a militant stronghold south of the capital, Mogadishu.
Kenya’s Catholic bishops sued after canceling lease for Muslim-run restaurant
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 17, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Waumini House is about one kilometer from the Westgate Shopping Mall, where a terrorist attack in September 2013 left 67 people dead. That attack and others in Kenya are blamed on the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab.
Kenya’s religious leaders demand government response to deadly terror attack
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 17, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The Islamic militant group al-Shabab said it executed the attack, but the government disputes this.
Africa’s Islamic extremist groups are on the rise
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 29, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Move over Al-Qaida. Africa's growing Islamic extremist groups include Boko Haram, Al-Shaabab and Seleka.
Long an oasis of Christian-Muslim calm, Kenya may see more strife
By Ken Chitwood — October 8, 2013
NAIROBI, Kenya RNS) Kenya has enjoyed relative peace between the two monotheistic religions that dominate the region. But that may be changing.
In Kenya attack, weakened al-Shabab seeks a foothold in Kenya
By Jim Michaels — September 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The attack on a shopping mall in Kenya came shortly before a deadly attack against a church in Pakistan, but analysts warn against concluding that radical Islam is gaining strength.
15 countries cited for religious freedom violations
By Lauren Markoe — April 30, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Fifteen countries make the list of most egregious violators of religious liberty, compiled by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. But some of the most alarming oppression is committed by entities that can hardly be called countries.
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