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With this agreement, in which Somalia officially renounces its historical territorial claims, relations between the two countries begin to improve.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#December", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the general election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that killed over 1,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#December", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2015, "year_label": "2015 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – 148 people are killed, the majority students, in a mass shooting at the Garissa University College in Kenya, perpetrated by the militant terrorist organization al-Shabaab.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373300271#April", "title": "2015", "revid": 1373300271, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – Heavy rain and flooding leave 3 dead and 200,000 people are homeless in Beledweyne, Somalia. Meanwhile, 29 are dead and 29,000 homeless due to flooding in nearby Kenya.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#October", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – A team of British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria, potentially paving the way for the control of malaria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#May", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – A mass cult suicide is uncovered in Shakahola forest in Kenya. 429 followers of the Good News International Ministries are found in shallow graves throughout the forest, with over 613 people missing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#April", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 29", "text": "April 29 – 50 people are killed, and 84 are reported missing, when a railway embankment fails near Mai Mahiu, Kenya, adding to the devastation caused by wider floods in Kenya and Tanzania which have caused the deaths of 488 people and the displacement of 503,000.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#April", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › April"}}]}