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The terror attack at a busy business and retail park in Nairobi’s Riverside suburb could have been one of the worst in Africa’s recent history. But thanks to the rapid and strategic response of Kenya’s security forces, hundreds of lives were saved. Patrick Muthengi Maluki says that, while much has been done to improve the country’s counter-terrorism efforts, more is needed.
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Kenyan police continue security measures a day after the terror attack in Nairobi.
EPA-EFE/Dai Kurokawa
Patrick Muthengi Maluki, University of Nairobi
Kenya needs to disseminate and implement intelligence so that it can effectively prevent and counter future terror attempts.
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Politics + Society
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Peter Cole, Western Illinois University
Most people think pf Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader who led the nation in addressing the evils of systemic racism. What many don't know is that he also championed labor unionism.
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Anna Sergi, University of Essex
Stories about mafias are often driven by ethnic stereotypes.
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Arts + Culture
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Eleanor Kingwell-Banham, UCL
Archaeologists have found cloves and black pepper corns they believe to be more than 1,000 years old at a site in Sri Lanka.
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Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape
Controversy around Winnie Madikizela-Mandela continues in death as it did in life.
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Science + Technology
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W. David Salisbury, University of Dayton; Rusty Baldwin, University of Dayton
Think defensively about your online accounts and data security – and don't assume you'll avoid harm.
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Harry Cliff, University of Cambridge
A new collider at CERN could push particle physics deep into an unexplored microscopic realm.
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