In This Issue:

- Leading the News

- United States – Africa Relations

- North Africa

- East Africa

- West Africa

- Sub - Saharan Africa

- General Africa News

- Excerpt from Leading the News:

Kenya -

On April 2nd, armed Al Shabaab militants strapped with explosives stormed the dormitories of Garissa University College in eastern Kenya. The siege lasted more than 15 hours and left four Somali gunmen dead. According to Kenya’s National Disaster Operation Center, at least 147 people were killed, making this the worst terror attack in the country in more than two decades. While more than 500 students were rescued, at least 79 others were injured.

On April 2nd, United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and head of the U.N. Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova condemned the terrorist attack on Kenya’s Garissa University College and expressed solidarity with the Kenya people. U.N. officials voiced hope the situation would quickly be brought under control and urged swift justice for those responsible for the deadly attack.