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Westgate Questions and Kenya’s Misled Media

December 25, 2013December 25, 2013TesfaNews3 Comments

NYPD report sheds light on mall attack misinformation, while new laws bring the press in line. By Aljazeera, The world looked on as al-Shabab gunmen stormed the popular Westgate Mall on September 21 in a brazen attack for what the group said was retaliation for Kenya’s military operations in Somalia. As the crisis unravelled over the next […]

U.S. Funded war in Somalia runs into Stiff Resistance

March 23, 2012March 23, 2012TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

By Abayomi Azikiwe, A major battle outside the Somalian central city of Baidoa on March 10 showed that the imperialist-backed war against Al-Shabaab is far from over. Reports in recent weeks in the corporate media had made it appear that the Islamic resistance forces were in retreat and suffering massive casualties at the hands of […]