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.

GHANA UNVEILS $10 BILLION 'NEW ECONOMY' PLAN IN 2027 BUDGET. (PHOTO).


 Ghana unveils $10 billion 'New Economy' plan in 2027 budget


Ghana will invest $10 billion over four years from 2027 in a domestically funded "New Economy" programme to boost output, exports and jobs, Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson said late on Thursday as he ‌presented the 2027 budget.


The programme will target commercial agriculture, energy infrastructure, technology, textiles and garments, critical minerals value addition, amongst others, Forson told parliament, Reuters reported.


The budget projects gross ​domestic product growth of 5.2% next year, up from 4.8% in ⁠2026, and a fiscal deficit on a cash basis of 3.6% of GDP, down ​from 4% this year. The government also plans to maintain inflation within a band ​of 8%, plus or minus 2 percentage points.


It is the first budget since Ghana completed a $3 billion IMF support programme, under which the economy improved markedly.

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