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Briefly: U.N. holds funding appeal in Somali capital

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

This image downloaded from the internet on Nov. 13, 2012, shows the main page of the sabahionline.com website, featuring an image made from video showing al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahri. At first glance it appears to be a sleek Horn of Africa news site, but in fact the website is run by the U.S. military as part of a propaganda operation aimed at countering extremists in Africa. (Associated Press/Internet)

U.S. military behind Africa news websites

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, waves her walking cane in the garden of her house in the village of Kogelo, Kenya, towards supporters in celebration Nov. 7, 2012, before speaking to the media about her reaction to Obama's re-election in the U.S. presidential election. (Associated Press)

Granny Obama, Kenya celebrate White House win

By Josphat Kasire and Tom Odula - Associated Press

Villagers at an all-night party in Kogelo, Kenya, who gathered to watch TV coverage of the U.S. presidential election, celebrate after the result was called in favor of President Obama. Kogelo is the home of Sarah Obama, his stepgrandmother. (Associated Press)

Obama’s win joyful to Kenyans

By Josphat Kasire and Tom Odula - Associated Press

Malik Obama

Obama’s Kenyan half-brother predicts election win

Associated Press

African leadership $5M prize withheld for third time

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

Briefly: Independence from Britain celebrated amid turbulence

By The WASHINGTON TIMES

Kenya: Doctors strike over poor health care

By TOM ODULA - Associated Press

Kenya’s doctors protest poor state of health care

By TOM ODULA - Associated Press

A member of the staff prepares coffee at the cafe and wine bar of the Sankara Nairobi hotel in Kenya. Nairobi has seen the construction of several upscale properties in recent years, as developers eye an increase in business travel. (Associated Press)

Hotel developers plan 40,000 new rooms across Africa

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

**FILE** Kenyan army soldiers sit Dec. 14, 2011, on a currently unused fishing boat on the white sand shore of the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia. (Associated Press)

Kenya attacks last stronghold of Somali militants

By Abdi Guled and Tom Odula - Associated Press

Correction: 2016: Obama’s America-Fact Check story

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

World Briefs: Soldiers kill two top terrorists

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Residents observe the remains of their houses which were burned down during clashes in Chamwanamuma village, Tana River delta, north of Mombasa in Kenya Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Fighting between a community of cattle herders and farmers over land and water killed 12 people there on Friday, the Kenya Red Cross said, adding that while the two communities periodically clash over resources this incident may also have politically instigated because it fits a pattern of violence which has occurred in three previous elections. (AP Photo)

In Mombasa, Islamic radicalism on rise

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Kenyan paramilitary soldiers move forward to disperse Muslim youths outside the Musa Mosque in Mombasa, days after the Aug. 27 killing of Aboud Rogo Mohammed, a Muslim preacher accused of links to a terrorist group in Somalia. “Extremism divides people as ‘we versus them’ and that brings tension,” said the Rev. Wilybard Lagho, a Catholic priest who is chairman of an interfaith group of clerics in Mombasa which gathers to discuss their common concerns. (Associated Press)

In Mombasa, Islamic radicalism on rise

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

FACT CHECK: “Anti-colonial” Obama not plausible

By BETH FOUHY - Associated Press

In a new documentary critical of President Obama, “2016: Obama’s America,” writer-narrator Dinesh D’Souza (left) interviews Mr. Obama’s half-brother, George Obama, in Kenya. The film grossed $6.2 million this past weekend. (Rocky Mountain Pictures)

Is D’Souza’s anti-Obama film ‘subjective’?

By Beth Fouhy - Associated Press

ASSociated Press

A riot officer patrols near a flaming tire outside Masjid Musa Mosque in Mombasa, Kenya, on Tuesday. Police and protesters fought as a violent backlash to the killing of a radical Islamic preacher continued Tuesday in Kenya’s second largest city.

Muslim cleric’s killing spurs 2nd day of riots in Kenya

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

A riot police officer runs near a tire on fire, lit by Muslim youths, outside Masjid Musa Mosque, in Majengo, Mombasa, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

1 dead in Kenya riot over Muslim cleric’s killing

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

FACT CHECK: Anti-Obama film muddy on facts

By BETH FOUHY - Associated Press