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Kenya gold mine collapses trapping 12: Police

A dozen people were trapped after a gold mine in western Kenya partially collapsed, police said Tuesday. Kenya has a small mining sector compared to its neighbours. However, despite rapid growth in recent years, much of it is unregulated with miners having to deal with poor safety measures and organised crime groups. “The information we have is that there were around 20 miners at the time it collapsed but eight have been rescued,” said Daniel Makumbu, a county police commander in the Kakamega region told AFP. Read More…

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Kenya airport shuts down as workers strike against India's Adani

Hundreds of workers at Kenya's main international airport demonstrated on Wednesday against a planned deal between the government and a foreign investor. Several passengers have been stranded at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) since Tuesday night when the Kenya Airport Workers Union (KAWU) began an indefinite strike at midnight to protest the government's plan to lease the airport to India's Adani Group. The government has said that the build-and-operate agreement with Adani Group would see the airport renovated, in exchange for the group running the airport for 30 years. Read More…

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Kenya school blaze kills 17 students

A fire in a school in central Kenya has killed 17 students, a police spokeswoman said on Friday, following media reports that they had been burnt beyond recognition. More rescuers were on their way to the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, the spokeswoman, Resila Onyango, said in a broadcast on Kenya's Hot 96 FM radio, and authorities would provide details later. "We have lost 17 pupils in the fire incident while 14 are injured ...," Onyango told Reuters by telephone. "Our team is at the scene at the scene at… Read More…

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Kenya police offer reward for escaped serial killer suspect

Kenya police offered a cash reward on Thursday for information leading to the arrest of Collins Jumaisi, a suspected serial killer, who escaped from a Nairobi police cell. Police launched a manhunt on Tuesday after Collins Jumaisi, who is accused of murdering and dismembering dozens of women, broke out of a police station in an upmarket area of the Kenyan capital along with 12 Eritreans. Five officers appeared in court on Wednesday suspected of aiding Jumaisi’s escape and have been freed on a 200,000 Kenyan shilling ($1,500) bond, despite prosecutors… Read More…

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Kenyan police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in capital

Police have fired tear gas to clear pockets of anti-government demonstrators from the centre of Kenya's capital Nairobi, as their protest movement sought to capitalise on earlier concessions and compel President William Ruto to resign. The "Nane Nane" march, meaning "eight eight" in reference to the date on Thursday, follows weeks of similar pro-reform protests that saw Ruto scrap planned tax hikes and overhaul his cabinet. Read More…

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Nigeria braces for protests over cost of living

Nigeria prepared for nationwide protests over the cost of living with authorities warning about attempts to copy the violent demonstrations in Kenya that forced the government to backtrack on new taxes. Tagged #EndbadGovernanceinNigeria, the protest movement has won support with an online campaign among Nigerians who are battling with food inflation at 40 percent and fuel prices that tripled since Tinubu introduced urgent reforms. Read More…

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Kenyan police use force to quell renewed anti-government protests

At least one person was killed in renewed anti-government protests across Kenya, a Reuters reporter said, as police use force on demonstrators demanding that President William Ruto step down. In Kitengela, a town on the southern outskirts of the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, police fired repeatedly in the direction of hundreds of protesters, some of whom were throwing rocks, Reuters TV footage showed. Read More…

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Multiple deaths as Kenyan police open fire on anti-tax protesters

At least ten people were shot dead in Kenya's capital, a paramedic said, as protests against tax legislation turned into violent clashes with police. Police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature on Tuesday, with at least ten protesters killed and dozens wounded and sections of the parliament building set ablaze as lawmakers inside passed legislation to raise taxes. Read More…

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Five dead in gold mine collapse in Kenya

An illegal gold mine collapsed in northern Kenya, leaving at least five miners dead, police said. The collapse on Saturday of the Hillo mine in the Dabel area near the Kenyan border with Ethiopia on Friday was attributed to a landslide. Marsabit County Police Commander Patrick Mwakio said the miners died on the spot after the debris covered them. Read More…

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