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  2. 2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood - Wikipedia

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    2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood. On 29 April 2024, a blockage in a culvert beneath a railway embankment led to a catastrophic failure and inundation in Kenya, killing at least 50 people. [1] The event was initially described as a 'dam failure'. [2] The flood occurred following heavy rains in the previous month that killed over 110 people.

  3. Kenya flooding: Around 50 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town

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    April 29, 2024 at 5:01 PM. [Reuters] About 50 people have died in Kenya in a deluge following heavy rains and flooding, a Red Cross official has said. People in villages near Mai Mahiu, about 60km ...

  4. Dozens killed in Kenya as weeks of heavy rain devastate region

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    Dozens killed in Kenya as weeks of heavy rain devastate region. At least 71 people have been confirmed dead and 110 people are in hospital following floods near the town of Mai Mahiu in Kenya’s ...

  5. Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed

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    NAIROBI (Reuters) -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said on Wednesday, as ...

  6. Killing of Julie Ward - Wikipedia

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    Killing of Julie Ward. Julie Ward was a British woman who was killed whilst on safari in the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya in September 1988. The subsequent investigation into her death was notable for the campaign by her father, John Ward — firstly to persuade the Kenyan authorities to recognise that his daughter was murdered, and ...

  7. Sophie Ikenye - Wikipedia

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    Focus on Africa (TV programme) Awards. 2017 - 100 Most Influential Young Africans. 2017 - 100 Most Influential Young Kenyans. Sophie Ikenye is a BBC news presenter from Kenya. [1] She is a main presenter for Focus on Africa (TV programme) on BBC World News. She worked in the broadcasting industry in Kenya for 12 years before joining the BBC.

  8. Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with ...

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    Kenya’s meteorological department has warned that the heavy rains will continue into the new year. In Somalia, the death toll from the deluge stood at 96 on Monday. In Ethiopia, 44 people had ...

  9. Westgate shopping mall attack - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upmarket mall in Nairobi, [4] Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the number killed in the attack, since part of the mall collapsed due to a fire that started during the siege. [5] The attack resulted in 71 total deaths, [6] including 62 civilians ...