NYT Reassigns Journalist Amid Controversy Over DusitD2 Attack Coverage

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The New York Times has reassigned Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, the journalist at the center of controversy over coverage of the January 15 terrorist attack at Nairobi's dusitD2 complex.

De Freytas-Tamura, who previously served as the newspaper's East African bureau chief, now works as a London-based correspondent covering politics and social issues across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Her career includes reporting on Brexit's aftermath, terror attacks in Paris and Brussels, and extremism in Western nations.

Her initial response to criticism intensified public anger, prompting calls for her to leave Kenya. She later issued an apology for causing

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