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Dormitory fire at Kenyan girls’ school kills at least 16 students
Parents face anxious wait for updates after blaze tears through Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county
A fire has ripped through a dormitory at a girls’ school in Kenya’s Rift valley, killing at least 16 students.
The fire broke out just after midnight at Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county, about 76 miles north-west of Nairobi, police said.
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US building Ebola quarantine center in Kenya for Americans amid outbreak
Some experts criticize White House approach and say not allowing Americans to return to US hurts treatment efforts
The Trump administration is building a quarantine and treatment center in Kenya for Americans affected by the Ebola outbreak, instead of bringing
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WHO chief calls for DRC ceasefire to tackle Ebola outbreak
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns of ‘catastrophic collision of disease and conflict’, as Uganda closes border with DRC
The head of the World Health Organization has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help tackle the Ebola outbreak there, as Uganda closed its border with its neighbour in an effort to stop the spread.
Tedros
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Spread of Ebola in DRC ‘outpacing’ response efforts, warns WHO
Director general of World Health Organization urges neighbouring countries to take immediate action
The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts and countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at high risk from the disease.
“We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing
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‘She does not back down’: the couple seeking to legalise same-sex marriage in Botswana
Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile are going to court for right to wed but face fierce opposition from church groups
Bonolo Selelo was at Botswana’s national museum for a Gaborone Pride event when she spotted Tsholofelo Kumile and was struck by her good looks. The two initiated a conversation and when Kumile expressed anxiety about what a tarot reading at the event might hold, Selelo
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Guatemala requests US military cooperation against drug trafficking
Central American country says its president spoke with Pete Hegseth to confirm terms of cooperation
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Clashes between armed groups in Colombia kill at least 52
Rival groups are vying for territorial control of strategic cocaine production and trafficking region
At least 52 guerrilla fighters have been killed in clashes between two rival armed groups vying for territorial control of a strategic cocaine production and trafficking region in south-east Colombia, a faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) involved in the
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Carney calls for new US-Canada partnership to ‘help make America great again’
Canada prime minister urges greater economic cooperation between the two countries in speech delivered in New York
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney has called for a new relationship with the United States to “help make America great again”.
In a speech delivered in New York on Thursday, Carney said that there should be a “true partnership” that reimagines cooperation in
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Family accuse UK government of lack of support over death of Briton in Grenada
Pathologist found Andrew Frederick’s death was a homicide but UK authorities refused specialist help
The grieving family of a British man found dead in his home on the Caribbean island of Grenada have accused UK authorities of failing to support their fight for justice.
The family of Andrew Frederick, 47, whose body was discovered on 4 January, are calling for an urgent review of
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Argentina’s ‘European’ self-image under renewed scrutiny after racist incidents in Brazil
Case involving seven-year-old boy is latest flashpoint in debate over race relations in Latin America
A woman celebrating her 32nd birthday on a train
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