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From sanctuary to battleground: Violence in sacred places as civic space shrinks

By Hudson Gumbihi | 2h ago

 

People suspected to be plain-clothes police officers lobbed teargas into Witima Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), choking hundreds of faithful, including children and infants.

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