Kenya Shuts Down Hundreds Of NGOs Amid Increasing Al-Shabab Attacks

Hundreds of Kenyan charity organizations had their bank accounts frozen this week amid heightened government efforts to cut funding sources to militant groups such as Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Officials said the 510 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that were de-registered failed to submit financial records, and at least 15 are suspected of money-laundering and helping to finance terrorism, according to the BBC. Employee work permits were also suspended.