Africa: All of Africa Today – June 25, 2026

Kenyan Prosecutors to Charge Eight Students Over Deadly School Fire

Kenyan prosecutors are preparing to charge eight students with 16 counts of murder following a deadly fire at Utumishi Girls’ School in Gilgil. Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died and dozens more were injured when a fire broke out in a dormitory. The suspects were later arrested after police said they may have been involved in starting the fire by setting mattresses alight near an exit. The fire rapidly spread through…