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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...
Madagascar: On the slippery slope to hunger
Florine Zafy, who runs the health centre in Sampona, a tiny town in the Anosy region of southern Madagascar, has become as desperate as...
Mugabe at Mrs Tsvangirai’s funeral says it is God’s act
President Robert Mugabe today joined thousands of his countrymen mourning for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife, saying it is an act of...
Tribute to Susan Tsvangirai
Mrs Susan Tsvangirai was always at her husband's side in times of persecution in Zimbabwe. My encounters with her were but brief - at...
Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai in car accident Wife dies
Reports reaching Afrik-news.com from Zimbabwe claim that the country's new Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai has survivied a car crush but Susan, his...
Kenyans pay dearly for lack of emergency services
It has been a black weekend for kenya as disaster struck the capital city of Nairobi and a nearby town of Molo. Over 150...
OXFAM issues Ethiopia and Somalia warnings
The number of Ethiopians needing emergency assistance has leapt by 40 per cent from 4.6 million to 6.4 million people since June, according to...
Fuel tanker explosion kills several people in Cameroon
At least 10 people were killed and 18 seriously injured when a fuel tanker in northern Cameroon has overturned and exploded in Limani, a...
No survivor in Kenyan-operated aircraft crash in Mogadishu
A Kenyan-operated passenger aircraft, with three crew members, crashed after hitting a telecommunication tower as it attempted to land in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, killing...
Narrow plane crash escape for former Chelsea coach Avram Grant and family
Former coach of Chelsea FC of England, Avram Grant, his actress wife, Tzofit, and their two children escaped death by the whiskers when a...
Somalia severly been hit by inflation
Somaliland has been hit by inflation and high food prices that have especially hurt the livelihoods of the predominantly pastoralist population
Until a few...
Nigeria begins investigations into the cause of death of 46 soldiers
Nigeria's upper legislative chamber, the Senate, has mandated its committee on defence to investigate the death, in a road crash last Wednesday, of 46...
Nigeria pipeline disaster kills one hundred and injures several
About one hundred people were killed and twenty more injured in Thursday's fuel pipeline fire at Ijegun, a suburb of Nigeria's commercial city of...
Fire outbreak at the National TV station creates panick in Abidjan
The technical block of the Ivorian broadcasting house (RTI) was engulfed in flames Monday evening, during the evening news braodcast at 8pm.
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