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- 1Kenya and US militaries hold first full-scale joint base defence drill▼Kenya and US military test defence of strategic East African base in first full-scale joint drill
Kenyan and American forces have carried out their first full-scale joint exercise testing the defence of a strategic East African base. The drill focused on repelling possible attacks on the installation, underscoring deepening security cooperation between Nairobi and Washington in a region facing threats from armed groups such as al-Shabaab.
- 2UK court extends ban on book about Nairobi DusitD2 attack▼DusitD2: UK court extends ban barring ex-soldier from publishing book on Nairobi terror attack
A UK court has extended an injunction preventing a former soldier from publishing a book about the 2019 DusitD2 hotel terror attack in Nairobi, in which militants killed more than 20 people. The ban restricts the ex-soldier from releasing his account of the siege, and the case continues to draw attention in both Britain and Kenya over questions of secrecy and publishing freedom.