Kenya cracks down on al-Shabaab funding and recruitment after Garissa attack

c. 2015 Religion News Service

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Faced with a fierce enemy driven by Muslim extremist ideology, the government has cracked down on funding for al-Shabaab, the Somali group that claimed responsibility for killing 148 mostly Christian students at Garissa University College a week ago.

This week, Kenya froze the accounts of 85 groups and individuals, including bus companies and Muslim rights organizations, allegedly linked to the group. It has closed down one hotel in Eastleigh, a neighborhood in  the Nairobi commonly known as Little Mogadishu because of its large concentration of ethnic Somalis.