By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Capital FM
The overflow of the Tulu and Minjila dams caused flooding in villages in Kenya’s Tana Delta, affecting an additional 3,156 households. The Kenya Red Cross reported that floodwaters had entered homes, according to Capital FM.
Rescuers found a woman’s body in the rubble of a collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, on the eighth day of the search. Citizen Digital reported 16 missing people, while Kenyans.co.ke counted at least 15 and said the body was found on Friday morning after access to the basement was gained. Operations are continuing with the Kenya Red Cross, police and local authorities.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Citizen Digital ·
The cancer centre at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital is aiming for completion in December, while Kenyan MPs are calling for additional funding. Their commitment follows an assessment visit focused on operations, staffing and the use of public resources, according to Capital FM.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Capital FM ·
In Nigeria, 154 students at a public secondary school in Batagarawa, Katsina State, were hospitalised after a suspected adverse reaction to praziquantel administered to treat bilharzia. All were treated and reunited with their families, with no deaths reported, according to Katsina State police.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Vanguard ·
About 50,000 people have already fled violence in Ethiopia for northern Kenya, while a further 30,000 refugees could arrive in the coming days. Kenyan authorities and their humanitarian partners are preparing assistance for 80,000 people, according to the UN.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: ONU Info ·
Illustrative imageDrone strikes kill 16 displaced people in AmharaDrone strikes on a camp for displaced people in Ethiopia’s Amhara region killed at least 16 people, including children, according to witnesses quoted by AFP. Fourteen victims were buried and two others died in hospital after Thursday’s attacks, the witnesses said.The week in Africa
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