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Kenya: U.S. Won't Pay Compensation for Nairobi Embassy Blast Survivors
allAfrica, 10 August 2023
Survivors of the terrorist assault in Nairobi on August 7, 1998, are unlikely to get any compensation from the U.S. government after it maintained it had already paid them and put… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyan Survivors Commemorate 1998 Blast With Calls for Compensation
Capital FM, 7 August 2023
A somber mood engulfed the 25th anniversary service of the twin bombings of US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, as survivors and families of victims gathered at Nairobi's August… Read more »
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Kenya: Blinken to Give Address on 25th Anniversary of the U.S. Embassy Bombings in Kenya, Tanzania
Capital FM, 7 August 2023
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will deliver remarks at the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the US. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Read more »
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East Africa: Press Statement By Antony Blinken Secretary of State on Embassy Bombings In Nairobi, Dar es Salaam 25 Years Ago
State Department, 7 August 2023
Every August 7th, the State Department community – in Washington and at missions around the world – comes together to observe the anniversary of the U.S. Embassy… Read more »
U.S. Refuses to Pay Survivors of 1998 Embassy Blast in Kenya
The U.S. has said that the survivors of the U.S. embassy blast in Kenya, in which 218 people lost their lives on August 7,1998 did receive compensation and that no further payment will be made to them. The U.S. also said that policies were put in place to combat terrorism in Kenya, writes Jerry Chifamba for AllAfrica.
In a commemorative event, a group of U.S. embassy terrorist attack survivors read out the names of those who lost their lives, in a sustained push for compensation, CapitalFM reports.
At least 213 Kenyans and 12 Americans were killed in the attack orchestrated by the Al Qaeda terrorist group targeting the U.S. embassy. More than 5,000 people were seriously injured in the bomb blast.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered remarks at the commemoration of the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Although the attacks were directed at U.S. facilities, the vast majority of casualties were local citizens of Kenya and Tanzania.
