Five Years After Westgate, Al-Shabab Still Threat in Kenya

Five years ago, four armed men from the Somali militant group al-Shabab stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, trapping hundreds of people inside. When the four-day siege ended, 67 people were dead and more than 150 wounded. Al-Shabab said it was retaliating for the Kenyan government sending forces into Somalia two years earlier. A new report says the militant group remains a threat to Kenya, but notes the government has learned to work with the Muslim community, helping to...

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