| | During the past ten years, Kenya has endured a surprising amount of terrorist activity and has borne much of the brunt of international terrorist violence in Africa. This violence included an episode in 1998 when a car bomb exploded in the middle of bustling downtown Nairobi, killing 213 people, and wounding and maiming more than 4,000 more. The target of this attack was the US embassy in Nairobi. Another car bomb targeting the US embassy in Dar es Salaam, a major city in neighbouring Tanzania exploded simultaneously, injuring 85 people. |
