Parents gather outside Kenya primary school after fire kills 17 children | AFP

Anxious parents wait for news outside a primary school in central Kenya, after an overnight fire in a dormitory kills at least 17 children and injures several others. Police say the blaze in Nyeri county's Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, while the children were sleeping. There are fears there could be more victims in the damaged building. Some 800 pupils, between the ages of roughly five and 12 attend the institution.

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[Magdaline-jr]

Sometimes l feel to denied Kenya as my country 😢😢😢all evils thing happen in my country Please God forgive us🙏