23/09/2013 Newsround

Good afternoon guys. Now while you have been at school we have been

looking into Monday's top stories for you. Joe reports on an attack in

the Kenyan capital Nairobi. I am looking at what it's like to be

the Kenyan capital Nairobi. I am boy or a girl in 2013. This is

First, we're heading to the country of Kenya in East Africa, where on

Saturday a busy shopping centre of Kenya in East Africa, where on

the capital Nairobi was attacked. Islamist fighters from neighbouring

Somalia have claimed responsibility. 62 people - including four Britons -

are known to have died, and many been a tense stand-off between the

forces. Events like this are very rare, but people from many different

countries have been caught up in the violence. Joe has been looking into

Like the cowardly perpetrators now cornered in the building, we will

punish the masterminds swiftly and indeed very painfully. The shocking

terror attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi has been condemned. Today

the British Prime Minister called an emergency meeting to discuss the

sickening and despicable. The group who have said they're responsible

are from Kenya's neighbour Somalia. different groups fighting to try to

take control. Somalia is one of different groups fighting to try to

most dangerous places on earth. Violence has often spilled over

most dangerous places on earth. border into northern Kenya, leading

could be a revenge attack by the in to try and control the situation.

could be a revenge attack by the Al-Shabab are quite a small but

could be a revenge attack by the They want all foreign forces out of

Nairobi is that the victims are They want all foreign forces out of

everywhere, from Africa, from Asia, Europe, just like the London bombing

victims. So the people who have Europe, just like the London bombing

this have hurt the world, not just Kenyans. It's actually going to

unite African society because they now feel that they are really in the

frontline of terrorism. As the rest of the world watches on, the Kenyan

forces have urged people to stay away from the shopping centre while

Of course if anything in Joe's report has upset you there's lots of

All this week Newsround is looking at how people's ideas of what it

means to be a boy or a girl affect you as you grow up. In a series

means to be a boy or a girl affect special reports I'll be focusing on

different area of your lives, from toys, to school, to the world of

work. Here's what's in store: We live in a world that can be very

different for boys and for girls. Clothes, toys, school, sports, and

magazines, there are loads of things around us that tell us how we should

whether we are a girl or a boy. Things aren't always equal. In

politics less than a quarter of Things aren't always equal. In

are female. Less than a fifth of top in the workplace women earn less

than men overall. Even though they do the same job. Things can be tough

for boys. They're trailing behind girls at school and facing a new set

of social pressures. I will see whether you guys think there are

some jobs that are more suited for boys or for girls. Women usually be

a hairdresser or fashion designer because it's more girly. I will

a hairdresser or fashion designer at whether the toys you play with

Boys like doing work, some other at whether the toys you play with

Boys like doing work, some other 2013. Join me as I explore Boys

World, Girls World. We want to know 2013. Join me as I explore Boys

volunteers the chance to read, watch TV or study without getting out

volunteers the chance to read, watch bed. Sounds amazing but there is one

catch - you aren't allowed to leave your bed for 70 days. The aim is to

find out how the human body would That's it. I am out of time. Going