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Lieutenant General Charles Muriu Kahariri has been elevated to the rank of General and appointed as the new Chief of the Defence Forces (CDF) by President William Ruto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces. Additionally, Major General John Mugaravai Ornenda has been named Vice Chief of the Defence Forces by President Ruto and raised to…

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A number of tourists were evacuated by air from Kenya’s Maasai Mara national reserve on after more than a dozen hotels, lodges and camps were flooded as heavy rains battered the country. Tourist accommodation facilities were submerged after a river in the Maasai Mara broke its banks on Wednesday morning. The reserve, in south-west Kenya,…

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The government has announced that 10 more people were killed by floods in the last 24 hours across the country, bringing the total deaths to 179 since the heavy rains started. In a statement issued on Wednesday night, government spokesman Isaac Mwaura stated that of the 179 individuals, 164 are adults and 15 are minors….

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Wizkid and Davido, two of Nigeria’s most well-known musicians, have captivated fans nationwide with their verbal sparring on social media. Nigerian music fans are passionately divided into two camps due to the rivalry between these two afrobeat artists, who both have millions of fans worldwide: “Team Davido” and “Team Wizkid”. The most recent argument started…

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The interior ministry announced on Monday that there had been five fatalities from a bombing in Mandera County. Five more people were injured when the device went off in El Wak town in Mandera County, close to the Somali border. Although no one immediately claimed responsibility, al-Shabab fighters with ties to al-Qaida, located in Somalia,…

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28 People are stilll missing from the killer floods in Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County that has so far claimed lives of 71 residents. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Ministry of Interior stated that 53 individuals were still unaccounted for and that 46 people had died from the tragedy. Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, however,…

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Local authorities said on Monday that a bus in northern Peru had crashed into a ravine from a mountain route, resulting in at least 23 fatalities and over a dozen injuries. The tragedy occurred late on Sunday on a potholed dirt road in the Andean area of Cajamarca, “and the bus fell into an abyss”…

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The government has postponed the reopening of schools to May 6 due to ongoing heavy rainfalls in the country. Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu issues a statement and said they have received data that some schools have been adversely affected by the ongoing floods. He said sending students and staff to the affected schools would…

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A private boat carrying an unknown number of persons sank on Sunday night between Madogo and Garissa, a search and rescue operation is still underway. Tragic events occurred as the boat was transporting passengers across the flooded portion of the Madogo–Garissa road for a charge. Several passengers were seen on top of the overturned boat…

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More than 70 people have died in since mid-March as heavy rain and flooding have continued across the country. In eastern Makueni County, eight bodies were retrieved on Saturday from a river after the truck they were traveling in was swept off a submerged bridge. “We’re just waiting for the water to subside so that…

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