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The main airport in Ituri, the DR Congo province at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak, reopened on Tuesday after a 10-day closure for safety reasons. Citizen Digital reports quoting AFP The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling a major epidemic of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever that is suspected to have killed at least…
A manhunt that left a Hawaii community on edge ended Thursday with the arrest of a suspect in the killings of three men at separate locations, police said. Jacob Daniel Baker, 36, a suspect in the three killings on Hawaii’s Big Island, was arrested “without incident” Thursday – nearly three days after the first body…
Malaysia will require major social media platforms to verify users’ ages and bar children under 16 from registering accounts under new online safety rules that took effect on Monday. AFP reports The requirements apply to providers with at least eight million users in the Southeast Asian country — including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. But…
A retired senior Nigerian military officer and his wife have been kidnapped by armed men in north-west Nigeria, the army has confirmed. BBC Africa reports Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar, who had a high-profile job as military spokesman between 2015 and 2017, was abducted from his car on Saturday while travelling in Katsina state. Efforts are…
The CCTV footage from Utumishi Girls’ Service High School tells a chilling story of how eight students allegedly walked into a dormitory and deliberately set it on fire, killing 16 of their classmates. The footage, now central to a police investigation, shows five students entering the Marylyn Waithera dormitory at around 12:10am, when most students…
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched an in-depth investigation into the deadly fire incident at Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School in Gilgil, Nakuru County, that claimed the lives of 16 students. Citizen Digital Reports In a statement issued on Friday, the DCI said eight students had been arrested as persons of interest in…
The High Court has temporarily stopped the government from establishing or operationalising any Ebola exposure, quarantine, isolation or treatment facility in Kenya under any arrangement with the United States of America or any other foreign government or agency. Citizen Digital reports The court has also barred the government from admitting into Kenya, transferring, receiving or…
A family in Kibra’s Gatwikira area is demanding justice after their kin was allegedly attacked over her political stance. Citizen Digital reports Maureen Matsili, a single mother of four, was allegedly assaulted and burnt on May 18 by a person known to her over her consistent chanting of the “two-term” slogan in the area. On…
At around 1:00 a.m. Thursday, flames tore through a dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County. More than two hours after the inferno erupted, emergency responders had yet to arrive, and when they did at 3:30 a.m., the damage was already catastrophic. 16 students were confirmed dead, 73 others hospitalised with varying degrees…
Sixteen students have been confirmed dead following a dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, as police said dozens of other learners were admitted to hospital with injuries. Citizen Digital reports Police said 74 students were hospitalised after the incident, which was reported in the early hours of Thursday. In an incident…