Dead palestinian journalist not Hamas member, US officials state

The US State Department has revealed that palestinian photojournalist Yaser Murtaja  who was killed by Israeli sniper fire at a protest in Gaza on the 6th of April had been vetted by US authorities as part of of an successfull application from his organisation for a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

This casts doubt on claims from the Israeli defence department that Mr Murtaja had been a high ranking member of the islamic fundamentalist group Hamas.

‘Panic button’ app created by Kenyan developers

Crime is twice as high in Nairobi than the average in Kenya, crime victim Edwin Inganji and two friends James Chege and Marvin Makau also developers brainstormed how they could help make people safer.

They created ‘Usalama’ a mobile app that sends a distress signal when a user shakes their phone three times alerting emergency services of their location, as well as their next of kin, and every "Usalama" user within 200m.

The founders aim to bridge this gap between mobile-savvy Kenyans and emergency providers by adding more safety elements to the app.