Disaster
The Nigerian Youth Service- A Tribute to many ‘Unknown Soldiers’
I do not want to write about the Nigerian elections. A million words have been written already . There's a glut of articles on...
One year later, Haiti still reeling from the pain
The rubble has cleared off the streets but the problems remain. On January 12th, Haiti will be commemorating its first year anniversary since a...
South Sudan: More gloom as kala azar hits
The quandary in South Sudan has been worsened by reports of the rising deaths of its citizens plagued by fly-borne kala azar tropical disease....
Tanzania police recover bodies from Lake Victoria boat accident
20 people have been rescued after a boat carrying 40 Tanzanian students, aged between 5 and 16 years, capsized on lake Victoria. The rest...
Nigeria-DR Congo: Strange tale of simultaneous oil disasters
Africa's natural resources have ofttimes been described as a curse on its people for several reasons. One of such reasons is the weekend tragedy...
Congo train disaster death toll rising
The death toll following a train crash which occurred Monday night in Yanga, 60 km from Pointe-Noire on the Chemin de Fer Congo-Ocean (CFCO),...
Congo: Tragic train crash leaves several dead
Dozens of deaths and injuries were recorded Monday night in Congo, when a coastal train belonging to the Chemin de fer Congo-océan (CFCO) derailed...
Cameroon DR Congo plane crash victims found
A private jet that went missing while transporting a group of investors from Yaounde, Cameroon, to Yangadou, a small mining town in Congo was...
Ugandans flee village as several people die
Hundreds of residents in the Kawogo village of central Uganda have fled their homes after the death of 22 of their neighbours in the...
Sad news precedes first African World cup
The wait is over. In a few hours time, the first World Cup on African soil kicks off in South Africa but the availability...
Israeli assault on Gaza flotilla
As news came in of the mounting death toll from the Israeli storming a humanitarian flotilla heading for Gaza, the British actor and comedian...
Libyan crash leaves one survivor, ash cloud causes “unlikely”
At least one hundred and four people, including 93 passengers and 11 crew members have perished in a plane crash involving Libya's Afriqiyah airlines....
Uganda: Rescuers dig with bare hands, government ‘clueless’
Relief agencies operating in Uganda are blaming government for not
knowing how to handle disasters, saying it’s the reason why many lives
of innocent Ugandans perish...
Uganda: 60 school children feared dead
Some 60 school children in Uganda are feared to be among those who perished in a landslide accident which occurred on Monday night in...
Ethiopian government admits major dam collapse
Ethiopian government has confirmed the collapse of the recently inaugurated
Gilgel Gibe II hydropower plant; the biggest of the country’s power producing dams with a...
The devil and Haiti
Some of my Anglo-Saxon friends have long been suspicious of the distance between the African and Satan, if any at all. Is it not...
Ethiopia: $39m for crashed aircraft, victims’ compensation unclear
ACE Global Markets, a British insurance company, is expected to pay 39 million dollars in compensation for the crash of Ethiopian airlines flight 409,...
Ugandans donate to Haiti
The government of Uganda and Ugandans have so far collected 300,000,000 Uganda shillings, (equivalent of 1.5 million US dollars) towards assisting people affected by...
Ugandans donate to Haiti disaster victims
The high commission of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago in Uganda has yesterday launched the Haiti disaster appeal fund at a ceremony held...
Ethiopian PM consoles families of Airline crash victims as list confirms 90
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Girma Wake, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines,
have announced their condolences to the families of victims of Ethiopian Airline crash in...
Uganda: Several die in road accident
15 traders died and twenty got severely injured Saturday night when a lorry they were traveling in overturned in Kamuli district, in eastern Uganda.
According...
Haiti-Senegal: Abdoulaye Wade reaches out to Haitians
The government of Senegal has offered land and reparation settlements to Haitian victims who so wish to live in Senegal, following the devastating earthquake...
Haiti Earthquake: A horrible death toll expected as assistance pour in
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday, badly hitting the South-West of Port-au-Prince and causing several thousands of deaths according to the Haitian...
Haiti’s disastrous earthquake prompts tsumami warning for Caribbean and Central America
An unprecedented disaster struck Haiti January 12, 2010 At 16:53 local time, 21h53 universal time. A magnitude 7 earthquake, with its epicentre located a...
Kenya-Uganda: Several bodies recovered in fatal Lake Victoria boat accident
26 out of 50 people who were travelling in a big boat on lake Victoria in Uganda got drowned Thursday night. The police officer...
Guinea: A macabre morning in Conakry
It is a heart-wrenching day at the Grand Mosque of Conakry. To mark the Independence day celebrations, the authorities have released the remains of...
Growing climate related disasters in Africa justify Meles Zenawi’s threats
Over 70 people have been killed and about 430 000 others displaced from their homes after several weeks of torrential rains. The UN fears...
Several bodies of South African Zimbabwean miners recovered after mining disaster
South African authorities have recovered 61 bodies of illegal gold miners who died at the weekend at a disused gold mine. Tom Smith, head...
Tanzania: Zanzibar counts its dead after boat disaster
Zanzibar authorities in Tanzania are yet to confirm the total number of people feared dead in Friday’s ferry disaster. The MV Faith which left...
Morocco: Police held responsible for tragic stampede?
The end of a concert given by singer Abdelaziz Stati, at the Mawazine Festival in Rabat, was marked by a stampede that killed eight...