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The hospital confirmed that a large number of the unclaimed bodies are children, raising concerns about the high rate of child deaths and abandonment...
If passed, it will make it illegal for hospitals to detain bodies over unpaid dues where families can prove they genuinely cannot pay.
Among the bodies are more than 91 babies and 33 adults. Some have remained unclaimed for extended periods.
This was an hour more than it took for smoke to be seen after the first vote in the 2013 conclave that picked the late Pope Francis.
The clarification comes amid earlier reports suggesting that Cardinal Njue had not received an invitation to participate in the conclave.
Two cardinals, one from Spain and one from Kenya, will not be joining the conclave for health reasons, the Vatican said.
The vehicle, used by the late pontiff during his 2014 visit to the Holy Land, is being outfitted with diagnostic and emergency medical equipment to he...
Applause rang out as the coffin, inlaid with a large cross, was brought out of St. Peter's Basilica and into the sun-filled square by 14 white-gloved...
The funeral service will be presided over by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals.
An old Italian saying warns against putting faith, or money, in any presumed front-runner ahead of the conclave, the closed-door gathering of cardinal...
Crowds began streaming into the venue long before dawn, with many spending the entire night in the cold, unrelenting downpour.
Community members reported being blocked from recovering more bodies after six were retrieved from the water-filled quarry on July 12, 2024.
In a press statement, Otsieno Nyamwaya, the associate director of HRW Africa, said volunteers had claimed that police officers had threatened them and...
The president noted that many rural areas remain without electricity, even as national access has grown from 29 per cent in 2013 to 75 per cent today.
Speaking during the contract signing, President Ruto said the initiative was part of Kenya's goal to achieve universal electricity access by 2030.
City Hall has urged families with missing persons to visit the listed mortuaries to identify and collect the bodies before they are disposed of in lin...
All payments are centralised through the National Treasury, with ministries submitting invoices for international obligations.
These new prices will remain in force for the next 30 days until January 14, 2025, when the next review will be done.
The secrecy surrounding NIS operations has made it difficult to hold the agency accountable to the public, according to the Centre for Human Rights an...
On the notice of, the 262 unclaimed bodies at the hospital, include 120 females, 141 males, and one with an unspecified gender.
Analysis shows that a litre of petrol goes for Sh171 in Uganda, and Sh153.34 in Rwanda while it is the cheapest in Tanzania at Sh141.89.
The lobby group said the Church could have been at the forefront of offering counselling services or other psychosocial support but this did not happe...
In August, the police reported that the main suspect in the killings, Collins Jumaisi, escaped from police custody.
Many of the bodies were discovered in a dismembered state, with some limbs amputated below the knees.
From the notice, the majority of the bodies are said to be male.
The officers said they had made their routine visit to the cells with the canteen manager to serve the inmates breakfast when they discovered the susp...
The three are likely to be charged with killing six women, who are the only ones so far identified, out of 17 bodies recovered from the scene.
Toure says the lack of tangible support has led to heightened tensions within the community, culminating in a tragic incident where 13 people were sho...
Across Africa - and a string of other emerging market nations - debt-laden governments trying to shed costly fuel subsidies are running headlong into...
The process resumes after an over two-week hiatus by the police and a slightly over a week hiatus by local retrievers.
