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- A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls' secondary school in a town in Kenya's Rift Valley overnight, killing 16 students, the government said on Thursday. The fire broke out just after midnight at the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil in w... S1
- In tonight's edition, 16 students lose their lives as fire tears through a boarding school in central Kenya. Also, 28th May is World Hunger Day, and it comes as many farmers and families across the continent and around the world are trying to navigate choppy w... S2
- CatastropheKenyaKenya: Fire kills at least 15 at a girls' boarding schoolShakeel Sobhan AP, Reuters05/28/2026May 28, 2026Authorities are trying to account for all the students at Utumishi Girls School in the Gilgil area.https://p.dw.com/p/5ER2bThe fire broke o... S3
- CatastropheKenyaKenya: Deadly fire breaks out at girls' boarding schoolShakeel Sobhan AP, Reuters05/28/2026May 28, 2026At least 16 students were killed and 73 injured at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya, authorities said.https://p.dw.com/p/5ER2bSchool... S4
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