African News Explained

In Kenya, the Daily Nation newspaper reported Thursday that Rose Oyungu, a mortuary worker, was charged with stealing from two people who had died during the Westgate Mall siege in September. Some 67 people were killed by al-Qaeda-linked gunmen during the four-day siege. In the wake of the attack the Kenyan government has threatened journalists with jail if they report on the alleged looting by the Kenyan army in the aftermath of the siege. RFI spoke to Adam Hussein Adam, one member of civil society, who says that the government needs to be more forthcoming with information.