Seven people are feared trapped under rubble after a building under construction collapsed in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi on Friday afternoon, with 66 of the 67 workers inside reported to have got out unharmed. BBC News

BBC NewsSeven missing after tall building collapses in Kenya's capitalRescue efforts are under way to find people trapped under the block, which was still under construction when it buckled.

Shops had already opened on the lower floors of a block still wrapped in scaffolding: who should be responsible for checking a building is safe before it is occupied while construction continues?

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Update: Two people have been rescued and five are still missing, and police have launched a manhunt for the building's owner and contractor, the BBC reports. BBC News

BBC NewsTwo rescued after Nairobi building collapse with five still missingPolice have launched a manhunt for the building's owner and contractor after the multi-storey building collapsed while still under construction.
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