A student has died and more than 100 were hurt in a stampede which followed the explosion of an electricity transformer at a Kenyan university. BBC have more:
Residents of Nairobi university’s Kikuyu campus mistook the blast for a terrorist attack and jumped out of hostel windows early on Sunday morning. Tensions are high among students after an Islamist attack on a Kenyan college 10 days ago which left 148 dead.
Meanwhile activists criticised Kenya for ordering Somali refugees home. Human Rights Watch Africa Deputy Director Leslie Lefkow said justice for the victims of the attack in Garissa – by members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab – would not be served by forcing more than 500,000 Somalis in the Dadaab refugee camp to leave Kenya.
“Instead of scapegoating refugees, Kenya is legally obliged to protect them until it is safe for them to return home and should identify and prosecute those responsible for the killings in Garissa,” she said.
UNHCR Kenya chief Emmanuel Nyabera described the possible relocation as a “logistic challenge”. The remarks follow calls on Saturday by Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto to close Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in Africa.
