By Eliud Chisika in Cairo,
Nairobi

Kenyan Ambassador to Egypt Mohhamed Mahamud yesterday said 29 Kenyan students caught up in the Algerian eargthquake tragedy would be repatriated back to Kenya until the situation normalises.

The envoy, however, said all the students were safe "and we have continued to monitor them on a daily basis". He was speaking in Cairo after attending the graduation of African journalists who have been here on a three-week training course.

The course was sponsored by the Egyptian government and the African Union of Journalists (UAJ).