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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

TOM ODULA

In this November 6, 2012, file photo, Sarah Obama, step-grandmother to then US President Barack Obama, speaks to the media in the garden of her home in the village of Kogelo, western Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
March 29, 2021, 8:09 pm
Barack Obama’s step-grandmother, Mama Sarah, dies; was at least 99
Former US president sends condolences to his family following ‘Granny’s’ death; relatives confirm she tested negative for COVID-19
By TOM ODULA
In this photo taken Monday, May 18, 2020, people use a hand-washing station installed for members of the public entering a market in Dodoma, Tanzania. (AP Photo)
May 22, 2020, 4:28 pm
Tanzania says virus defeated through prayer, but fears grow
Country has not reported a new case in three weeks, but critics have been arrested, top health officials fired and citizens discouraged from going to hospitals
By TOM ODULA
In this photo taken February 24, 2018 and released by the US Air Force, US servicemen look at trees that are being cleared during a battlefield circulation site visit at Camp Simba, Manda Bay, Kenya. (Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore/U.S. Air Force via AP)
January 5, 2020, 11:18 pm
Extremists kill 3 Americans in attack on Kenya military base
Al-Shabab group says assault in ‘no way related’ to Friday’s assassination of Iranian Gen. Soleimani by US forces
By Abdi Guled, TOM ODULA and Cara Anna
Men carry a coffin for one of the victims of the MV Nyerere passenger ferry on Ukara Island, Tanzania September 22, 2018. (AP Photo)
September 23, 2018, 7:58 am
Tanzania death toll raised to 209 as survivor found in capsized ferry
Man shut himself in engine room air pocket as boat overturned; officials say total number of dead may never be known
By TOM ODULA
This file photo taken on January 7, 2018, shows US President Donald Trump as he walks from Marine One to the White House. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)
January 13, 2018, 8:03 pm
World media struggle to translate Trump’s ‘shithole’ insult
Lacking a direct equivalent, news outlets instead go with ‘outdoor toilets,’ ‘cesspit,’ and ‘dirty countries,’ among others
By TOM ODULA
Students check names on the memorial plaque at Garissa University, in Garissa, Kenya, Saturday, April 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Kevin Midigo)
April 3, 2016, 1:19 am
Kenya marks year to university attack that killed 148
Massacre by al-Qaeda-linked Somali jihadists continues to fuel criticism over government’s response
By TOM ODULA
Somalia federal government soldiers conduct a random check of public transport vehicles during a patrol on the streets of Mogadishu on February 18, 2015, as part of an operation against al-Shabab insurgents (photo credit: AFP/Mohamed Abdiwahab)
December 22, 2015, 5:00 pm
Muslims save non-Muslims from slaughter as extremists attack bus in Kenya
Passengers given headscarves to help conceal identities when al-Shabab terrorists threaten to kill all infidels aboard
By TOM ODULA
An Air France plane which made an emergency landing is seen behind passengers boarding on a small jetliner at Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Kenya Sunday, December 20, 2015. (AP/Edwin Kana)
December 20, 2015, 5:40 pm
Air France: Suspicious device on flight was a hoax
6 passengers questioned; Paris-bound flight from Mauritius was diverted to Kenya following discovery of object in lavatory
By TOM ODULA and Lori Hinnant
Pope Francis delivers a speech at the State House of Nairobi on November 25, 2015. (Photo by AFP Photo/Giuseppe Cacace)
November 26, 2015, 1:13 pm
Pope says Christian-Muslim dialogue ‘essential’ for peace
Pontiff kicks of 6-day Africa trip with message of tolerance, says religion can never be used to justify violence
By Nicole Winfield and TOM ODULA
Kenyans light candles next to a white wooden cross for each of the victims of the Garissa attack, during a vigil at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
April 7, 2015, 10:24 pm
Kenyans angry over delayed reaction to college killings
Corruption, competition between army and police meant terrorists had hours to rampage in Garissa campus
By TOM ODULA and Christopher Torchia
Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers arrive at a hospital to escort the bodies of the attackers to be put on public view, in Garissa, Kenya Saturday, April 4, 2015. Authorities displayed the bodies of the alleged attackers involved in the killings at Garissa University College on the bed of a pickup truck that drove slowly past the crowd gathered in a large open area. (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)
April 5, 2015, 7:02 am
Kenya cities to ‘run red with blood,’ Al-Shabab threatens
Somalian extremist group warns of more attacks after terrorists kill 148 at college; Kenyan leader vows harsh response
By Christopher Torchia and TOM ODULA
A member of the security forces escorts a student off the campus of Garissa University College after an attack by Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab gunmen, April 2, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Carl de Souza)
April 3, 2015, 2:24 pm
Kenya massacre survivor says jihadists singled out Christians for killing
Slaughter of 147 people was carefully planned, say witnesses; killers had scouted the campus
By CHRISTOPER TORCHIA and TOM ODULA
An injured man is carried from an ambulance at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Sunday May 4, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/Sayyid Azim)
May 5, 2014, 1:44 am
Kenya police: Three dead in two explosions in Nairobi
60 injured, 20 in critical condition as wave of terrorist attacks hit East African country
By TOM ODULA
Abubakar Shariff Ahmed sits in his office in Mombasa, Kenya, on Oct. 29, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jason Straziuso)
April 2, 2014, 2:10 am
Radical Muslim leader shot dead in Kenya
Abubakar Shariff Ahmed had been sanctioned by the US and UN for supporting the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab
By Jason Straziuso and TOM ODULA
Media and onlookers gather around the vehicle in which Sheikh Ibrahim Ismael and three others were killed near Mombasa, Kenya, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, (photo credit: AP Photo)
October 5, 2013, 12:54 am
Four dead in Kenya riots after Muslim cleric killed
Protesters blame security forces for death of Mombasa imam, three others on Thursday; police deny involvement
By Jason Straziuso and TOM ODULA
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