The Somali man accused of attempting to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was held over a foiled terrorist plot in Kenya, a Danish newspaper reported.
The 28-year-old was arrested over a planned attack on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Africa last summer.
The newspaper Politiken reported that he and four other suspects were held over a plot against a bus station and two hotels in Nairobi.
He was released in September due to a lack of evidence and returned to Denmark.
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Kenya can make up to Sh10 billion per year in the international carbon trading market if water towers are conserved.
Henry Ndede, coordinator of the Kenya country programme at the United Nations Environment Programme, says the Mau Forest complex alone can earn Sh4 billion a year. “Major companies in the West and Asia would gladly pay for the forestland to compensate for the polluting effect of their activities back home,” he says.
Carbon trading is a practice where companies which exceed their emission limits buy credits from those who pollute less. The buyer is essentially charged for polluting while the seller is rewarded for reducing emissions. Mr Ndede says this is one of the many benefits restoration of the nation’s water towers can have ...
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