Kenya’s Deadly Night Riders
Kenya faces serious security challenges, exemplified by a recent attack on the town of Mpeketoni, in which Islamic militants killed more than 60 people over the course of two days. But there remains ample reason for optimism about Kenya, one of Africa's most resilient countries.
NAIROBI – It sounds like the plot of an old Western movie. A posse of desperados gallops into a frontier town, burns the saloon, robs the bank, guns down leading citizens, and disappears into the dead of night before the sheriff gets himself out of bed.