Touré’s MSNBC ‘Geography Refresher’ Goes Hilariously Wrong

Touré‘s attempt to give viewers a “geography refresher” on Monday went hilariously awry when the MSNBC host misidentified the location of the country in question.

After interviewing a correspondent on the ground in Nairobi, Kenya, where 30+ people have been killed in a terrorist attack on a shopping mall, Touré proceeded to give his viewers a “Monday geography refresher,” plainly stating “Kenya is located on the northern coast of Africa.”

One problem: Kenya is far from the northern coast of the African continent. BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski set off a wave of Twitter ridicule aimed at Touré by tweeting this helpful map highlighting the country’s location on the eastern coast of Africa:

Watch the gaffe below, via MSNBC:

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