10-Mar-2019 to 14:56
Rwandese among 157 plane crash victims
APA-Kigali (Rwanda) — A Rwandan who was working with the UNHCR in Sudan was among the 157 victims on-board an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed on Sunday morning on its way to Kenya, a reliable source confirmed to APA in Kigali.
Read more10-Mar-2019 to 14:45
32 Kenyans die on ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines plane
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) — 32 Kenyans are among the passengers who perished after the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines plane bound for Nairobi crashed on Sunday, under unclear circumstances.
Read more10-Mar-2019 to 13:57
157 perish as Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes
APA-Nairobi(Kenya) — All 157 passengers aboard an Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737 on a regular flight to the Kenyan capital Nairobi, are now known to have died after their plane crashed six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa's main airport on Sunday morning.
Read more26-Feb-2019 to 12:00
Eleven illegal miners killed in Mozambique mine collapse
APA-Maputo (Mozambique) — At least eleven bodies of illegal miners have been recovered from a disused ruby mine following the collapse of the shaft in which they were working in Mentepuze district of Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, APA learnt on Tuesday.
Read more18-Feb-2019 to 14:38
Nine dead, 18 injured in Mozambique shipwreck
APA-Maputo (Mozambique) — The provincial government in Mozambique has confirmed the death of nine people and 18 others injured when a boat capsized and sank in that region late on Sunday, APA can report.
Read more16-Feb-2019 to 14:40
Mudslide tragedy: Liberia declares day of mourning Monday
APA-Monrovia (Liberia) — Liberian President George Weah has declared Monday, February 18 as a day of national mourning following the tragic death of over 40 people in a mudslide in Gbanipea, Tappita District, Lower Nimba County.
Read more14-Feb-2019 to 16:42
River Niger: Search underway after traders’ boat sinks
APA-Cotonou (Benin) By Ulvaeus Balogoun — The Beninese and Nigerian navies have scrambled search parties to look for some forty people who went missing after a boat carrying a hundred Beninese traders sank in the River Niger on Wednesday.
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