A locked exit and overcrowding killed 16 at Utumishi Girls’ Academy; Kenya’s minister disbanded the board. Inside a school-safety reckoning over enforcement.
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Manzil Towers: How Kenya’s DPP Built a Collapse Prosecution Against 80-Plus Suspects
Kenya’s DPP approved charges against 80-plus people over the Manzil Towers collapse, signalling new willingness to prosecute negligent builders. What it means.
SBC House at Union Vale: A Broadcasting Grant That Took Six Years
A China-funded broadcasting headquarters for Seychelles broke ground in 2019 and handed over in 2025. The long road from grant to keys is the real infrastructure story.
Schools You Can See: China’s Visible but Underwritten Education Build in Africa
China has funded more than 170 schools across Africa. The visible buildings raise a quieter question of who pays the teachers and bills after handover.
Surgical Wings and Lab Benches: China’s Health-System Build-Out in Africa
A fresh roster of Chinese-built hospitals and diagnostic centres reads as system-strengthening. Whether national budgets can run them is the unwritten clause.
Clinics and Classrooms: China’s Twin-Track Health Story in Africa
China’s foreign ministry counts decades of medical teams and tens of thousands trained. The harder question is what stays once the visiting doctors fly home.
Africa CDC’s Headquarters: A China-Built Home for a Sovereignty Question
Africa’s disease-control agency got a continental headquarters built and paid for by China. The building is a gift; the autonomy it houses is the harder thing.
Hospitals as Aid: China’s Brick-and-Mortar Health Footprint in Africa
A hospital is the most visible form of aid and the hardest to sustain. China has funded scores across Africa – and the building is the easy part.
South-C: How Ignored Stop-Orders Preceded a Nairobi High-Rise Collapse
A Nairobi South-C high-rise collapsed in January 2026 despite repeated stop-orders, evacuating 70 families amid regulatory enforcement failure.