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A three-storey building belonging to Saints Academy collapsed in Jos, the Plateau State capital, with 17 persons confirmed dead and more than 120 others trapped in the rubbles.
Over 80 shops and wooden structures used largely for accommodation by foreigners and squatters at the Nkrumah Circle were gutted by fire on Wednesday evening.
One miner is reported dead and more than 30 others trapped when a mining site collapsed on Monday in Galkogo village of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger in Northern Nigeria.
Kenya alone registered more than 229 deaths from the floods.
The United Nations on Tuesday launched a US$70 million humanitarian assistance appeal for more than two million Malawians facing hunger following a poor 2023/24 farming season.
APA-Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) The aircraft belongs to a private company that flies to areas blockaded by armed groups.
APA – Kinshasa (DR Congo) – Flooding triggered by heavy rains in South Kivu province of Eastern Democratic Republic of…
APA-Conakry (Guinea) The government has revised the death toll from the explosion at the Kaloum fuel depot in Conakry on…
APA- Conakry (Guinea) Junta leader Colonel Mamadou Doumbouya offered his condolences to the families of the victims and called on…
APA-Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Tanzania is dealing with a national disaster after days of torrential rain caused serious flooding that…