 World News
 Africa (586)
Arab Countries (326)
North Africa (154)
 Disasters (66)
 Politics (127)
 Crime (106)
 Business (12)
 Sports (18)
 War & Army (48)
 Disasters
 Sea Disasters (12)
 Fire (7)
 Railroad Disasters (3)
 Aviation Disasters (11)
 Earthquake (5)
 Highway Disasters (2)
 Rescue (7)
 Flood (4)
 Explosion (1)
 Health Disasters (3)
 Structure Collapse (1)
2007 (5)
2006 (17)
2005 (3)
2004 (8)
2003 (11)
2002 (4)
2001 (28)
 Algeria (22)
 Egypt (28)
 Libya (1)
 Morocco (9)
 Sudan (26)
 Tunisia
 Gadhafi
 North Africa Disasters on Wikipedia
 North Africa Disasters on Web
 North Africa Disasters Books
 Chart
|
| North Africa, Disasters Timeline Legend |
|
Summary. Click for More >
|
| Yesterday |
|
Malta fears 71 migrants drowned As many as 71 Africans drowned after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, 8 of their companions have told Maltese police
|
| Aug. 19 |
|
Blaze engulfs parliament. Egypt
|
| Jul.16 |
|
Train hits cars on track, killing 40. Egypt
|
| Jun.11 |
|
14 still missing after air crash blaze. Sudan
|
| Jun.10 |
|
28 dead as fire engulfs plane   Map of Khartoum Sudan Sudan: A jetliner burst into flames after landing. A defect the Sudan Airways plane caused it to catch fire as it touched down. Some passengers survived
|
| Jun.6 |
|
Earthquake injures 15. Algeria
|
| May.2 |
|
Air crash kills Sudanese minister
| North Africa, Disasters | Major Events in 21st Century | 
|
|
Add a favorite (file a bookmark) to North Africa, Disasters Timeline
Please send feedback to: support@mapreport.com
Advertise on North Africa, Disasters Page
Real Estate:
Danville homes,
Alameda County homes,
Contra Costa County homes,
Concord homes,
Walnut Creek homes,
Livermore,
East Bay homes,
Berkeley,
San Ramon Danville Alamo homes,
Pleasanton homes,
Hayward homes,
Orinda Moraga Lafayette homes,
Walnut Creek Concord Pleasant Hill homes,
Dublin homes,
Orinda homes,
Moraga homes,
Lafayette homes,
Antioch,
Castro Valley homes,
San Ramon homes,
San Leandro,
Pleasant Hill homes,
San Lorenzo,
Clayton,
Alamo homes
Details:
|
|
| Yesterday |
|
Malta fears 71 migrants drowned| As many as 71 Africans drowned after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, 8 of their companions have told Maltese police | |
|
| Aug. 19 |
|
Blaze engulfs parliament Map of CAIRO Egypt Egypt: A large fire erupted in a 19th century palace where parliament's upper house is located, and 5 people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation
|
|
| Jul.16 |
|
Train hits cars on track, killing 40 Egypt: A large truck slammed into the 3 vehicles, pushing them onto the tracks. A train plowed into them, in a northern Egyptian town
|
|
| Jun.11 |
|
14 still missing after air crash blaze Map of Khartoum Sudan Sudan: The remaining 171 passengers on the Sudan Airways Airbus survived
|
| Jun.10 |
|
28 dead as fire engulfs plane Map of Khartoum Sudan Sudan: A jetliner burst into flames after landing. A defect the Sudan Airways plane caused it to catch fire as it touched down. Some passengers survived
| TAnother 53 people are also missing. He fire then led to an explosion on the airplane. Flames consumed the plane as it sat on the runway
|
| | |
|
| Jun.6 |
|
Earthquake injures 15 Algeria: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook northern Algeria, knocking houses to the ground. Oran received most of the impact
|
|
| May.2 |
|
Air crash kills Sudanese minister South Sudan's defence minister Dominic Dim Deng has been killed along with at least 21 other people in a plane crash in the south
|
|
| Apr.26 |
|
Mattress factory fire kills 55. Morocco
|
|
| Jan.1 |
|
19 killed in bus plunge. Egypt
|
|
| Dec.13 |
|
Survivors pulled from bomb rubble. Algeria
|
| |
Flood misery hits arc of Africa
|
| Aug.28 |
|
Sudan launches flood aid appeal
|
| Aug.17 |
|
'Dozens missing' as ferry sinks Egypt: Princess Hidy ferry carrying a wedding party sank in the Nile south of Cairo in the river off Beni Sweif
|
| Apr.18 |
|
Crash kills 18 students. Egypt
|
|
| Nov.28 |
|
13 migrant children drown. Morocco
|
| Oct.19 |
|
Dozens injured in gas pipeline explosion. Algeria
|
| Sep.4 |
|
Train crash kills three. Egypt
|
| Aug.20 |
|
Train crash kills 57 Egypt: 2 trains collided in the Nile Delta north of Cairo during the morning commute
|
| Jul.3 |
|
18 migrants drown, 12 missing. Morocco
|
| Apr.13 |
|
Egypt reports 4th bird flu death |
|
| Mar.18 |
|
Death is bird flu, test says |
|
| Feb.17 |
|
Bird flu cases confirmed in Egypt |
|
| Feb.16 |
|
Wreckage of ferry found |
|
| |
Deadly bird flu spreads in Europe
|
| Feb.8 |
|
Ship blocks Suez Canal |
|
| Feb.5 |
|
Tensions high at ferry port |
|
| |
|
Ferry 'pressed on despite fire'. Egypt
|
| Feb.4 |
|
Officials: Fire made ferry sink Egypt: Transport minister has said a blaze set off a sequence of events that led it to sink in the Red Sea
|
| Feb.3 |
|
Hopes dim for ferry missing Egypt: Hopes are fading of finding alive more than 900 people still missing a day after a ferry sank in the Red Sea
|
| |
|
Hundreds feared died as ferry sinks. Egypt
|
| |
|
Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea| Egypt: An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued | | |
|
|
| Sep.5 |
|
Candle sparks deadly fire. Egypt
|
| Aug.6 |
|
Many die in jet crash off Sicily. Southern Italy
|
| Jul.31 |
|
 VP Garang 'dies in crash'| Sudan: Search crews found the site of a helicopter crash and a body they believe is that of a former rebel leader | |
|
|
| Oct.4 |
|
Many drown as migrant ship sinks Tunisia: Their boat sank while trying to reach Italy illegally. Another 47 are missing, presumed drowned
|
| Sep.11 |
|
Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash  Greece: Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, was among feared killed off northern Greece
|
| Feb.23 |
|
Quake kills 600 Morocco: A strong earthquake shook northern Morocco around the Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima
|
| Jan.26 |
|
Rescuers trapped in Cairo collapse Egypt: A burning 12-story building collapsed, trapping up to 18 people inside and injuring 33. All but 2 were firefighters and police
|
| |
Man found alive in quake rubble
|
| Jan.4 |
|
Swiss banned Red Sea crash firm. Switzerland
|
| Jan.3 |
|
No survivors in Red Sea air disaster. Egypt
|
| Jan.2 |
|
 Airliner crashes into Red Sea Egypt: No survivors likely. A charter with 152 people aboard, most of them French tourists, crashed shortly after takeoff
|
|
| Jul.7 |
|
Plane crash kills 115 Sudan: A plane has crashed shortly after take-off. Only a 2-year-old child, is said to have survived
|
| Jun.20 |
|
Migrant boat sinks. 200 missing. Tunisia
|
| May.27 |
|
Aftershock hits quake zone. Algeria
|
| May.25 |
|
Rescuers battle to save quake girl. Algeria
|
| May.24 |
|
Fury as quake toll rises. Algeria
|
| May.23 |
|
Child pulled from quake rubble. Algeria
|
| May.22 |
|
Quake rescuers race against time. Algeria
|
| |
|
Quake death toll tops 800. Algeria
|
| May.21 |
|
More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake| Algeria: 51,000 homeless and 8,626 injured. Survivors accused the government of turning a blind eye to shoddy construction | |
|
| |
Children trapped in quake
|
| Mar.6 |
|
Plane crashes, killing 102 Algeria: Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff in southern Algeria. At least one person survived
|
|
| Nov.1 |
|
Jail fire kills 49. Morocco
|
| May.28 |
|
 Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families The money would only be handed over to the 270 victims as sanctions on Libya were lifted
|
| Feb.20 |
|
Train inferno kills 350. Egypt
|
| Feb.19 |
|
Train fire kills 100. Egypt
|
|
| Nov.13 |
|
Flood toll almost 600. Algeria
|
| Nov.12 |
|
Flood toll reaches 579. Algeria
|
| Nov.10 |
|
Hundreds dead in floods Algeria: Violent storms have killed 300 people in and around the capital
|
| |
7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Aug.28 |
Sudan launches flood aid appeal
| 2001 |
|
| Nov.13 |
Flood toll almost 600. Algeria
|
| Nov.12 |
Flood toll reaches 579. Algeria
|
| Nov.10 |
Hundreds dead in floods Algeria: Violent storms have killed 300 people in and around the capital
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Aug. 19 |
Blaze engulfs parliament Map of CAIRO Egypt Egypt: A large fire erupted in a 19th century palace where parliament's upper house is located, and 5 people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation
|
| Apr.26 |
Mattress factory fire kills 55. Morocco
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.4 |
Officials: Fire made ferry sink Egypt: Transport minister has said a blaze set off a sequence of events that led it to sink in the Red Sea
| 2005 |
|
| Sep.5 |
Candle sparks deadly fire. Egypt
| 2002 |
|
| Nov.1 |
Jail fire kills 49. Morocco
|
| Feb.20 |
Train inferno kills 350. Egypt
|
| Feb.19 |
Train fire kills 100. Egypt
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jun.11 |
14 still missing after air crash blaze Map of Khartoum Sudan Sudan: The remaining 171 passengers on the Sudan Airways Airbus survived
|
| Jun.10 |
28 dead as fire engulfs plane Map of Khartoum Sudan Sudan: A jetliner burst into flames after landing. A defect the Sudan Airways plane caused it to catch fire as it touched down. Some passengers survived
| TAnother 53 people are also missing. He fire then led to an explosion on the airplane. Flames consumed the plane as it sat on the runway
|
| | |
|
| May.2 |
Air crash kills Sudanese minister South Sudan's defence minister Dominic Dim Deng has been killed along with at least 21 other people in a plane crash in the south
| 2005 |
|
| Aug.6 |
Many die in jet crash off Sicily. Southern Italy
|
| Jul.31 |
VP Garang 'dies in crash'| Sudan: Search crews found the site of a helicopter crash and a body they believe is that of a former rebel leader | |
| 2004 |
|
| Sep.11 |
Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash Greece: Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, was among feared killed off northern Greece
|
| Jan.4 |
Swiss banned Red Sea crash firm. Switzerland
|
| Jan.2 |
Airliner crashes into Red Sea Egypt: No survivors likely. A charter with 152 people aboard, most of them French tourists, crashed shortly after takeoff
| 2003 |
|
| Jul.7 |
Plane crash kills 115 Sudan: A plane has crashed shortly after take-off. Only a 2-year-old child, is said to have survived
|
| Mar.6 |
Plane crashes, killing 102 Algeria: Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff in southern Algeria. At least one person survived
| 2002 |
|
| May.28 |
Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families The money would only be handed over to the 270 victims as sanctions on Libya were lifted
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Jan.26 |
Rescuers trapped in Cairo collapse Egypt: A burning 12-story building collapsed, trapping up to 18 people inside and injuring 33. All but 2 were firefighters and police
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jun.6 |
Earthquake injures 15 Algeria: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook northern Algeria, knocking houses to the ground. Oran received most of the impact
| 2004 |
|
| Feb.23 |
Quake kills 600 Morocco: A strong earthquake shook northern Morocco around the Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima
| 2003 |
|
| May.27 |
Aftershock hits quake zone. Algeria
|
| May.22 |
Quake death toll tops 800. Algeria
|
| May.21 |
More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake| Algeria: 51,000 homeless and 8,626 injured. Survivors accused the government of turning a blind eye to shoddy construction | |
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jan.1 |
19 killed in bus plunge. Egypt
| 2007 |
|
| Apr.18 |
Crash kills 18 students. Egypt
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jul.16 |
Train hits cars on track, killing 40 Egypt: A large truck slammed into the 3 vehicles, pushing them onto the tracks. A train plowed into them, in a northern Egyptian town
| 2006 |
|
| Sep.4 |
Train crash kills three. Egypt
|
| Aug.20 |
Train crash kills 57 Egypt: 2 trains collided in the Nile Delta north of Cairo during the morning commute
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Apr.13 |
Egypt reports 4th bird flu death |
|
| Mar.18 |
Death is bird flu, test says |
|
| Feb.17 |
Bird flu cases confirmed in Egypt |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Dec.13 |
Survivors pulled from bomb rubble. Algeria
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.3 |
Hopes dim for ferry missing Egypt: Hopes are fading of finding alive more than 900 people still missing a day after a ferry sank in the Red Sea
| 2004 |
|
| Jan.3 |
No survivors in Red Sea air disaster. Egypt
| 2003 |
|
| May.25 |
Rescuers battle to save quake girl. Algeria
|
| May.24 |
Fury as quake toll rises. Algeria
|
| May.23 |
Child pulled from quake rubble. Algeria
|
| May.22 |
Quake rescuers race against time. Algeria
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Yesterday |
Malta fears 71 migrants drowned| As many as 71 Africans drowned after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, 8 of their companions have told Maltese police | |
| 2007 |
|
| Aug.17 |
'Dozens missing' as ferry sinks Egypt: Princess Hidy ferry carrying a wedding party sank in the Nile south of Cairo in the river off Beni Sweif
| 2006 |
|
| Nov.28 |
13 migrant children drown. Morocco
|
| Jul.3 |
18 migrants drown, 12 missing. Morocco
|
| Feb.16 |
Wreckage of ferry found |
|
| Feb.8 |
Ship blocks Suez Canal |
|
| Feb.5 |
Tensions high at ferry port |
|
| Feb.5 |
Ferry 'pressed on despite fire'. Egypt
|
| Feb.3 |
Hundreds feared died as ferry sinks. Egypt
|
| Feb.3 |
Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea| Egypt: An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued | | |
| 2004 |
|
| Oct.4 |
Many drown as migrant ship sinks Tunisia: Their boat sank while trying to reach Italy illegally. Another 47 are missing, presumed drowned
| 2003 |
|
| Jun.20 |
Migrant boat sinks. 200 missing. Tunisia
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Oct.19 |
Dozens injured in gas pipeline explosion. Algeria
|
Africa 
Flood Timeline
... See 
Fire Timeline
... See 
Aviation Disasters Timeline
... See 
Structure Collapse Timeline
... See 
Earthquake Timeline
... See 
Highway Disasters Timeline
... See 
Railroad Disasters Timeline
... See 
Health Disasters Timeline
... See 
Rescue Timeline
... See 
Sea Disasters Timeline
... See 
Explosion Timeline
... See