The United States shuts its embassy in Nairobi

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The United States (US) shut down its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a terrorist threat. Following the threat, the US and British governments warned their citizens to postpone their travelling to East Africa, especially to Kenya. A new embassy building in Nairobi had been opened on March 3 2002, after a bomb had destroyed the original structure, killing 219 people and injuring more than 5,000 others in August 1998.

How we know this

01Pumphrey, G., (1998), 'US Embassy bombings in East Africa', [online], Available at www.globalresearch.ca [Accessed: 19 June 2013]
02Murungara, C., 'Terror alert closes US Embassy', [online], Available at www.dailymail.co.uk [Accessed: 12 June 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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