Did any good come out of the heinous Westgate attack?

Kenya is marking a year since the attack by suspected Islamists on Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre, in which at least 67 people were killed.

BBC News explains the background to the Westgate mall attack - and its consequences - in a 60-seconds.

Survivors tell the story of Nairobi's Westgate siege

Kenya is marking a year since the attack on Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre, in which at least 67 people were killed.

Warnings by Kenyan security forces of impending attack just days before Somalia’s Al-Shabaab gunmen stormed a Nairobi mall killing at least 67 people last year were ignored, parliamentary investigations have found, according to reports.

Kenyan photojournalist, Mr Joseph Mathenge, was all smiles as he received the 2014 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year Award on Saturday night.

The trial of four men charged in connection with Kenya’s Westgate mall massacre was hit Tuesday by allegations from defence lawyers that the suspects have been assaulted in detention.

Tyler Hicks, a New York Times staff photographer based in Nairobi, won a Pulitzer on April 14 2014 for his breaking news photos of the Westgate Mall attack by Al-Shabaab on September 21, 2013. Photo: Courtesy New York Times PrevNext Coverage by the New York Times of the September 21, 2013 Al-Shabaab attack on the upscale Westgate mall in Nairobi has won the New York Times a Pulitzer in the Breaking News Photography category. The New York Times, a...

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