Kenya: Shebab, Security Overshadow Obama Kenya Visit

US President Barack Obama will visit Kenya this weekend, his first visit as head of state to the country where his father was born. Questions of security will overshadow the trip as the Kenyan government tries to show the world that it has security under control... despite recent deadly attacks by the al-Shebab armed group.

Last weekend shoppers streamed into Nairobi's Westgate Mall as it reopened with a lot of fanfare.

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