KENYAN BUILDING COLLAPSE NEAR NAIROBI KILLS SIX PEOPLE. (PHOTO).

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 Kenyan building collapse near Nairobi kills six people The collapse of an unfinished eight-storey building in Kenya has killed six people. The structure fell on Friday morning in Syokimau on the outskirts of Nairobi. Construction workers were reportedly at the site when the building’s uppermost concrete slab gave way, bringing down part of the structure, according to a preliminary report from Nairobi City County’s emergency team. The report did not establish why the slab failed. The Kenya Red Cross initially reported that three people had been rescued and one person was reported missing. TV reports later said that five people had been pulled alive from the rubble and taken to hospital. The emergency report said the number of workers present when the building fell had not been confirmed, leaving open the possibility that others were trapped. Firefighters and specialist rescue teams were continuing to search for survivors.

UPDATE: ETHIOPIAN FORCES NEAR TIGRAY CAPITAL, FEARS GROW OF WIDER CONFLICT. (PHOTO).


 Ethiopian forces near Tigray capital, fears grow of wider conflict


Militiamen allied with Ethiopia's federal government said they were bearing down on the capital of the northern rebel stronghold of Tigray on Friday, as fears grew that fighting could spill into a wider war after Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties.


The pro-government Tigray Peace Forces militia said on Facebook ‌it had captured the town of Milazat, about 20 km (12 miles) southeast of Mekelle, the main city in Tigray region, Reuters reported.


Analysts fear the ⁠current conflict could spread beyond Ethiopia's borders in an increasingly fragile region where other powers are competing for influence. Tigray has Ethiopia's longtime foe Eritrea to its north, and Sudan — caught up in a more than three-year-old civil war — to its west.


Ethiopia's government has accused Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of supporting the opposition alliance — an allegation they have all denied.


On Thursday, Ethiopia said it was closing its embassy in Eritrea "in response to Eritrea's direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence" and ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave Ethiopia within 48 hours.


Eritrea responded by severing all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia. The two countries fought a border war from 1998-2000 and only restored diplomatic relations in 2018.

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