By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Capital FM
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.
Kenyan experts have drawn up a package of seven measures to protect the country from Ebola. The proposal comes after calls for a coordinated response, according to The Citizen.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: The Citizen ·
Six people were rescued after a building collapsed in Eastleigh, Nairobi, including two who were taken in stable condition to Kenyatta National Hospital, according to the KDF. Tuko reports that China’s Blue Sky Rescue team detected two survivors in the basement and additional Chinese equipment, including a 25-tonne crane, supported the search.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Kenyans.co.ke ·
Kenya’s opposition coalition is aiming to announce its candidate for the 2027 presidential election on 25 December, said Eugene Wamalwa, leader of the Democratic Action Party of Kenya. The deadline comes as several member parties launch separate campaigns, according to Citizen TV, cited by Tuko.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Tuko ·
Several French nationals remain missing after the deadly rail collision in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Searches and the investigation are continuing as French authorities try to establish what happened to them, according to Le Monde.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: Le Monde ·
Rachel Ruto moves Kenyans with maternal gesture in MoscowRachel Ruto tasted a drink before serving it to her adopted daughter Nadia Cherono at an official reception in Moscow, a gesture praised on Kenyan social media. The scene took place during the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum on 28 October, according to Tuko.
Ukraine: 27 Ugandans recruited by Russia dead or missingTwenty-seven Ugandans recruited to fight in the Russian army in Ukraine are dead or presumed dead, including eleven confirmed deaths and sixteen missing people. Uganda’s embassy in Moscow sent the information to the Foreign Ministry, which confirmed its authenticity, Reuters reports.The week in Africa
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