Tanzania and Kenya remember Al-Qaeda bomb attacks of 1998

Home Affairs Minister Kangi Lugola and Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Dr. Inmi Patterson lay a wreath in commemorating the 20th anniversary of devastating US embassy bombings in Dar Es Salaam on August 6, 2018. Photo | Anthony Siame



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The diplomatic mission was devastated by a huge explosion on the morning of August 7, 1998, followed minutes later by another massive blast which wrecked the US embassy in Tanzania.