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• Pope in Africa will seek to bridge Christian-Muslim faultlines

  Pope Francis steps onto African soil for the first time on Wednesday to address the continent's fast-growing Catholic congregation during a trip that will test his ability to bridge faultlines between Christians and Muslims.

• Kenya court orders reopening of rights groups' bank accounts

  A Kenyan court on Thursday lifted an order to freeze the bank accounts of two Muslim human rights organizations which had been blocked over alleged links to terrorism funding.

• U.N. asks Kenya to rethink closure of Somali refugee camp

  The United Nations refugee agency urged Kenya on Tuesday to reconsider an order to close the teeming Dadaab refugee camp, saying it would not be part of any transfer of Somalis back to their homeland that violated international law.

• Kenya demands U.N. removes massive Somali refugee camp

  Kenya has given the United Nations three months to remove a camp housing more than half a million Somali refugees, as part of a get-tough response to the killing of 148 people by Somali gunmen at a Kenyan university.

• On Good Friday, Pope decries persecution of Christians

  Pope Francis presided at two Good Friday services, praying for persecuted Christians a day after Islamist militants attacked a university in Kenya, killing at least 147 people.

• Al Shabaab kills at least 147 at Kenyan university; siege ends

  Gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a university in Kenya and killed at least 147 people on Thursday, in the worst attack on Kenyan soil since the U.S. embassy was bombed in 1998.

• British PM Cameron vows to hunt down 'Jihadi John'

  British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Friday to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as "Jihadi John" after the killer was identified as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London.

• Homeland Security says aware of no credible threat against malls

  The U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Sunday it was not aware of any specific plot against U.S. shopping malls, backing away from comments by the department's chief that he takes seriously a threat by Somali-based Islamist militants against the Mall of America in Minnesota and other shopping sites in the West.

• Homeland security chief worried about al Shabaab mall threat

  The U.S. homeland security chief said on Sunday he takes seriously a threat made by Somali-based Islamist militants against shopping malls, including the Mall of America in Minnesota, and urged people going there to be careful.

• Africans forced to watch World Cup matches indoors as bombs stoke fear in region

  These attacks are not the firsts that happened in the African countries. Four years ago, around 78 people were left dead in several attacks on bars located in Ugandan capital Kampala, Bloomberg said.

• Trial Of Kenya Westgate Mall 3-Day Siege & Deadly Terror Attack Begins In Nairobi (Video)

  The trial began Wednesday of four men charged in connection with the deadly assault and three-day siege at Kenya's Westgate mall in September, in which Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked al Shabaab militants killed 67 people. The men on trial are not accused of actually carrying out the attack, but for serving as accomplices to the terrorists.

• Somali Strike: Suspected Drone Kills 2 Al-Shabaab Terrorists In Africa; U.S. Declines Comment

  A suspected U.S. drone strike reportedly killed at least two Islamist al-Shabaab terrorists who were driving in a car in Mogadishu on Monday.

• U.S. Military Raids: Special Forces Conduct 2 Major Counter-terrorism Operations In Somalia & Libya (Video)

  The Pentagon confirmed on Saturday night that U.S. special forces captured alive Nazih Abdul-Hamed-al-Ruqai, also known by his alias Abu Anas al Libi in Tripoli, Libya, accused by America for his involvement in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, which killed more than 220 people,

• 'White Widow:' Interpol Launches Global Hunt for Suspected Terrorist Samantha Lewthwaite (Video)

  Acting upon requests from Kenyan authorities, Interpol (the International Criminal Police Organization) issued an arrest notice on Thursday for Samantha Lewthwaite, the fugitive British Muslim woman dubbed the "white widow."

• Kenya Siege: Forensic Hunt Begins In Aftermath of Terror Attack At Nairobi's Westgate Mall (Video)

  The investigation into the terrorist attack perpetrated by the Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab over the weekend, has been joined by forensic experts from the U.S. Germany, UK, Canada and Interpol. The experts have begun combing the Westgate mall for DNA and ballistic clues

• Al-Shabaab: 3 Muslim Men in NYC Charged with Assisting al-Qaeda Linked African Terrorist Group (Video)

  Prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York leveled three defendants with terrorism related charges. The prosecutors described Ali Yasin Ahmed, Madhi Hashi and Mohamed Yusuf as "dangerous and influential" members of al-Shabaab, the same Islamic terrorist organization that has claimed responsibility for the attack at Westgate Mall, in Nairobi Kenya this past weekend

• Kenyan Mall Standoff: Gunfire & Explosions Heard as New Rescue Operation Launched on 3rd Day Since Terror Attack (Video)

  Kenya's Interior Minister Joseph Ol Lenku and the country's defense forces said that three male Islamic terrorists were killed, as all escape routes were sealed off from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Fox News reported. Three hostages were also freed as part of a new rescue operation on Monday as the standoff entered its third day.

• Kenya Siege Standoff: Death Toll Rises as Terrorism Waged by al-Shabaab Militants Hits Popular Nairobi Mall (Video)

  Kenya's interior cabinet secretary Joseph Lenku said at least 68 people were killed and at least 175 injured, with 30 civilians still remaining remain trapped inside the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi, more than 24 hours after Somali al-Shabaab terrorists threw grenades and opened fire at shoppers on Saturday.