UN concerned about mass arrests in Kenya
Published:Tuesday | April 8, 2014 | 8:21 AM
The UN refugee agency has expressed concern over the mass arrest of Somalis and other nationals in Kenya as part of a security force operation to end attacks by militant Islamists.
An official says about 2,000 people have been arrested over the past week in the capital, Nairobi.
Kenya has vowed to flush out sympathisers of the Somalia-based militant Islamist group, al-Shabab.
The group has carried out a spate of attacks in Kenya.
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