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Seventeen boys were confirmed dead and 70 missing after a fire tore through a primary school dormitory in central Kenya, officials said Friday, leaving distraught relatives desperate for news of their loved ones. The blaze at the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri county broke out around midnight, engulfing rooms where more than 150 boys were sleeping.President …

Kenya school dorm fire kills 17 boys, 70 missingFri, 06 Sep 2024 18:11:40 GMT Read More »

At least 17 young children were killed and 70 missing after a fire ripped through a primary school dormitory in central Kenya overnight, officials said Friday, leaving relatives desperate for news. The blaze at the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri county began around midnight, engulfing rooms where more than 150 children were sleeping.Police said the average …

Kenya school dorm fire kills at least 17 children, 70 missingFri, 06 Sep 2024 14:58:10 GMT Read More »

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Friday his party planned to sue police after he was injured in a confrontation with officers earlier this week.Wine, a vociferous critic of Uganda’s iron-fisted President Yoweri Museveni, said he was hit by a tear gas canister thrown by police during the fracas on Tuesday.Initially, Wine’s National Unity …

Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine to sue police after injuryFri, 06 Sep 2024 13:58:45 GMT Read More »

The city of Paris will honour slain Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her, the French capital’s mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Friday.Cheptegei, who competed in the women’s marathon during the Paris Olympics last month, succumbed to severe burns on Thursday after being doused with petrol and set on fire …

Paris to honour murdered Ugandan Olympian CheptegeiFri, 06 Sep 2024 13:58:15 GMT Read More »

At least 17 young children were killed in a fire that ripped through their primary school dormitory in central Kenya overnight, with initial reports Friday indicating it was overcrowded.The blaze in Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri county broke out at around midnight, police said, engulfing rooms where more than 150 children were sleeping.Police said the …

Kenya school dorm fire kills at least 17 childrenFri, 06 Sep 2024 12:41:11 GMT Read More »

Flagrant rights violations by Sudan’s warring parties require the deployment of an “independent and impartial force” to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes, UN experts said Friday.An independent fact-finding mission said it had uncovered “harrowing” violations by both sides, “which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity”.The conflict erupted in April …

‘Impartial force’ must be deployed to war-torn Sudan: UN expertsFri, 06 Sep 2024 10:25:19 GMT Read More »

The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures on record, beating 2023’s high and making this year likely Earth’s hottest ever recorded, the EU’s climate monitor said Friday.The data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service followed a season of heatwaves around the world that scientists said were intensified by human-driven climate change.Extreme weather struck …

June-August 2024 were hottest ever recorded: EU monitorFri, 06 Sep 2024 09:29:44 GMT Read More »

China’s years of splashing cash on big-ticket infrastructure projects in Africa may be over, analysts say, with Beijing seeking to shield itself from risky, indebted partners on the continent as it grapples with a slowing economy at home.Beijing for years dished out billions in loans for trains, roads and bridges in Africa that saddled participating …

China pushes smaller, smarter loans to Africa to shield from risksFri, 06 Sep 2024 05:09:02 GMT Read More »

Business was slower than usual in Guinea’s capital Conakry on Thursday as an opposition call to protest gathered little momentum three years after the military seized power in a coup.The opposition in the West African nation had called for a peaceful protest to denounce the junta’s crackdown on dissent and to demand a return to …

Slowdown in Guinean capital on three-year coup anniversaryThu, 05 Sep 2024 18:11:39 GMT Read More »

Outrage and sorrow greeted the death on Thursday of Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who succumbed to severe burns after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend at her home in Kenya.It was the latest horrific act of gender-based violence in the East African country, where activists have warned of a rising …

Outrage and sorrow at death of Ugandan athlete CheptegeiThu, 05 Sep 2024 18:05:32 GMT Read More »