CNN Apologizes For Calling Kenya A 'Hotbed' Of Terror

CNN’s Global Executive Vice President and Managing Director,Tony Maddox, has apologized on behalf of the news channel for describing Kenya as a 'hotbed' of terror.

The apology was offered in a meeting between Maddox and Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta.

In a televised report, CNN had described Kenya as hotbed' with“questionable security concerns worse than Iraq and Afghanistan”.

Kenyans React to CNN's Comment on Twitter with #SomeoneTellCNN

Kenyans are not happy about being described as a terrorist hotbed and have been hitting CNN all day. Meanwhile Kenya's Interior Minister, Joseph Nkaisserry has asked CNN to apologize for the comment. He said this during a press briefing this morning

"Kenya like any other country in the world is at the risk of terror attacks, the attacks do not turn it into a hotbed. Kenya is not a terror hotbed as portrayed by CNN. I urge Kenyans to treat the CNN report with the contempt it deserves. If CNN is civilized enough, they should apologise" he said

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