Kenya marks Westgate siege anniversary

The trial of four men charged over the deadly Westgate shopping centre siege in Kenya starts in the capital, Nairobi.

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.

A Kenyan court denies bail to four men accused of aiding the gunmen who carried out the Westgate shopping centre attack, in which 67 people died

Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, in which 67 people were killed in an attack by al-Shabab militants, has reopened.

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Tanzania Marks 50th Anniversary
Voice of America
The eastern African country of Tanzania is marking its 50th anniversary Saturday. On April 26, 1964, shortly after gaining independence from Britain, two countries in the Great Lakes region, coastal Tanganyika and archipelago Zanzibar, merged to form one ...
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In New York, a ceremony is planned at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, where family members will read the names of victims of the 2001 attacks and those killed in the 1993 terrorist bombing at the World Trade Centre.

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Tanzania marks 50th anniversary with midlife crisis
Tengrinews
The east African nation of Tanzania marks its 50th birthday this weekend, but celebrations are being overshadowed by a tussle over the union between the mainland and the islands of Zanzibar, AFP reports. Tanzania was born in 1964 from the marriage of ...
JB calls for unity, praised by Kikwete at Tanzania's 50th union anniversaryNyasa Times
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Media fund now a foundation as it marks eighth anniversary
IPPmedia
The Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) has over the past eight years since its establishment provided over 570 grants to individual journalists and over 120 to media institutions. This was revealed by TMF Director, Ernest Sungura at a press conference to ...

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Institute of Social Work marks 40th anniversary
IPPmedia
The Vice President Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal is today expected to grace the 40th anniversary of the Institute of Social Work (ISW). According to the Vice Chancellor Dr Zena Mobeyo the aim of the anniversary, to run between today and Friday, is to celebrate ...