•Five-storey building collapses in Uthiru Three children are among four people reported missing after a five-storey apartment block collapsed in the Kenyan capital on last night, a local official said. The cause of the accident in Uthiru, a settlement that lies to the northwest of the city centre, is not known, Nairobi disaster management chie...
•Ebaide Joy A Nigerian lady, Ebaide Joy, is set to become the first person to ride on a motorbike from Mombasa, Kenya to Lagos, Nigeria. Ebaide, who began the journey on March 10, 2024, is expected to arrive Lagos, Nigeria, by the end of the month, reports The Nation. The trip will take her through […]
•Kenya floods The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the interior ministry said today, as a cyclone barrelled towards the Tanzanian coast. Torrential rains have lashed much of East Africa, triggering flooding and landslides that have destroyed crops, swallowed homes, and displaced hundreds of thousand...
•A girl and a boy carry a piece of furniture after visiting their house that was destroyed by floods The number of people who have lost their lives in floods in Kenya has risen to 188, the interior ministry said today, as the country continues to battle heavy rains. Many parts of the East […]
•Kenya floods Kenya said today that it would postpone the reopening of schools by one week due to “ongoing heavy rains” that have triggered deadly floods in the East African nation. Schools were originally scheduled to reopen today, following mid-term holidays, but the torrential monsoon downpours have affected many educational facilities, pro...
•The crash scene A Kenyan military helicopter carrying top brass including the defence chief crashed today, police said. President William Ruto convened an urgent meeting of the National Security Council, his office announced after news of the crash emerged, reports AFP. Defence forces chief General Francis Omondi Ogolla was among those on boa...
•Self-proclaimed pastor, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie (C) A Kenyan court today charged the leader of a starvation cult and dozens of suspected accomplices with murder over the deaths of nearly 200 people in a forest near the Indian Ocean. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who has already been charged with terrorism, manslaughter as well...
•Heavily damaged houses and shops At least two people were killed and more than 200 injured in a massive fire when a truck laden with gas exploded in the Kenyan capital, a government spokesman said today. The explosion ignited a “huge ball of fire that spread widely”, Isaac Maigua Mwaura said on social media platform […]
•Paul Nthenge Mackenzie A Kenyan court today charged the leader of a starvation cult with child torture and cruelty over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers. Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 38 other suspects pleaded not guilty to charges including beating and deliberately starving children, according to court documents from the Mombasa cou...
•Pastor Paul Mackenzie (center) A Kenyan court today charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 94 other suspects pleaded “not guilty” to charges of radicalisation, reports AFP. The cult leader was also charged with “organised crimi...
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