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| Wed. |
 Sierra Leone |
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Burials for Sierra Leone mudslide victims 
Nearly half of the 400 people known to have died in a mudslide and flooding on the outskirts of the capital Freetown have already been burie...
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| Aug. 15 |
Sierra Leone |
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At least 600 still missing in Freetown mudslide Map of Regent Sierra Leone| At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone's capital | |
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| Aug. 11 |
Egypt |
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Egypt trains collide in Alexandria killing dozens
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| Jul.15 |
Senegal |
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'Eight dead' in wall collapse at Senegal's Demba Dior |
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| Jul.12 |
Sicily |
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Italy wildfires: Tourists rescued by boat from Calampiso |
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| Jul.5 |
CAR |
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Scores killed in truck crash |
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| Jun.13 |
Mosul |
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Displaced hit by food poisoning in camp near Mosul |
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| Jun.10 |
Ethiopia |
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Ethiopia's emergency food aid to run out next month |
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| Jun.8 |
Rwanda |
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Rhino kills Hungarian conservationist in Rwanda |
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| Jun.1 |
Niger |
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Over 40 people 'die of thirst' in Sahara Desert |
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| May.12 |
Congo |
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Ebola: WHO declares outbreak in DR Congo |
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| May.7 |
Tanzania |
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School bus crash kills 36 in Tanzania |
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| Apr.29 |
Southern Africa |
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Shark mauls trained shark-spotter bodyboarding off French island |
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| Apr.24 |
Kenya |
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27 people killed in bus-trailer truck collision in Kenya |
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| Apr.16 |
Libya |
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Thousands saved off Libyan coast over Easter |
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| Mar.23 |
Libya |
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More than 200 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean |
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| Mar.19 |
Ghana |
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Ghana waterfall: Many dead in Kintampo freak tree accident |
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| Mar.12 |
 Ethiopia |
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Ethiopia rubbish landslide kills 48 in Addis Ababa Map of Koshe Addis Ababa Ethiopia Dozens of people are still missing since the landslide on Saturday night at the Koshe landfill. A resident said 150 people were there at the time
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| Mar.10 |
Madagascar |
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Cyclone Enawo: Madagascar death toll rises to 38 |
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| Mar.4 |
Somalia |
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Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought |
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| Feb.10 |
Angola |
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Angola stadium stampede in Uige kills 17 |
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| Jan.14 |
Libya |
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Only 4 survivors from migrant shipwreck off Libya
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| Nov.3 |
Libya |
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Migrant crisis: 'Hundreds dead' in shipwrecks off Libya |
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| Aug.29 |
Libya |
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Thousands of migrants rescued off Libya
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| Jun.16 |
Egypt |
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EgyptAir plane's voice recorder found
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| Jun.15 |
 Egypt |
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EgyptAir crash: Wreckage found in Mediterranean Wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean last month has been found, Egyptian investigators say
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| Jun.1 |
Egypt |
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EgyptAir crash: Black box signals heard by search teams |
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| May.29 |
 Libya |
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European migrant crisis: Shipwrecks 'kill up to 700 migrants' Map of Mediterranean Sea Libya| Up to 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says | |
|
| May.20 |
Egypt |
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EgyptAir: 'Smoke detected' inside cabin before crash
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| |
Egypt |
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EgyptAir crash: Debris found from flight MS804
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| Apr.28 |
Kenya |
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African leaders meet for Giants Club elephant summit |
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| Dec.24 |
Nigeria |
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Nigeria gas explosion kills more than 100 people
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| Nov.3 |
Egypt |
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Sinai crash: Russia plane flight recorders to be examined |
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| Aug.27 |
Libya |
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Libya boats capsize off Zuwara carrying hundreds Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsized at Mediterranean Sea, residents and officials say
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| Aug.22 |
Libya |
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Up to 3,000 migrants rescued near Libya coast
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| Aug.15 |
Libya |
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More than 40 migrants died in overcrowded boat |
|
| Aug.2 |
Southern Africa |
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MH370 search: New debris on Reunion investigated |
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| Jul.31 |
Southern Africa |
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More debris on Reunion Island beach may unlock MH370 mystery
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| Jul.29 |
Southern Africa |
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MH370 search: Experts investigate Indian Ocean wreckage Map of Reunion France Southern Africa| Malaysia has sent a team to the Indian Ocean island of Reunion to determine whether debris which washed up there is from missing flight MH370 | |
|
| Jul.28 |
 Zimbabwe |
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US dentist 'regrets' killing Zimbabwe lion Cecil Walter Palmer who killed a lion in Zimbabwe says he regrets shooting the well-known animal and insists that he thought he was on a legal hun...
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| Jul.19 |
South Africa |
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Surfer Mick Fanning attacked by shark on live TV |
|
| Jul.17 |
Johannesburg |
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Train crash: 300 injured near Johannesburg |
|
| Jun.4 |
Ghana |
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Ghana petrol station inferno kills 150 in Accra |
|
| Apr.20 |
Sicily |
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Italy arrests two over migrant boat sinking
|
| Apr.16 |
Libya |
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Muslim migrants threw Christians overboard
|
| Apr.14 |
Libya |
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Hundreds of migrants feared drowned off Libya Map of Mediterranean sea Libya| About 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized, survivors have told Save the Children. The Italian coast guard had rescued 144. More than 8,000 have bee... | |
|
|
| Oct.25 |
West Africa |
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Ebola outbreak cases pass 10,000 The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths, the World Health Organization says in its latest report.
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| Oct.23 |
Mali |
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First Ebola case in Mali confirmed |
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| Sep.26 |
West Africa |
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W Africa Ebola deaths 'pass 3,000' The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 3,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says
|
| Sep.5 |
Sierra Leone |
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Sierra Leone declares Ebola lockdown
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| Aug.17 |
Liberia |
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Protesters attack Liberia Ebola unit |
|
| Aug.6 |
Liberia |
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Liberia's president declares state of emergency over Ebola |
|
| Jul.24 |
 Mali |
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Air Algerie says missing plane likely crashed in Mali Map of Gossi Mali An Air Algerie flight with at least 116 people on board which dropped off the radar in the early hours of Thursday has apparently crashed in Mali
|
| Mar.22 |
 Guinea |
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Ebola 'caused Guinea fever deaths' Map of southern Guinea Guinea| The virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever now believed to have killed nearly 60 people in southern Guinea | |
|
| Feb.21 |
Tunisia |
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11 killed as Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia |
|
| Feb.16 |
Johannesburg |
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SA miners freed from collapsed pit |
|
| Feb.11 |
Algeria |
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Algeria plane crash 'kills scores'
|
| Feb.5 |
Johannesburg |
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Bodies found in South Africa mine |
|
|
| Nov.30 |
Namibia |
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Namibia finds Mozambique plane wreck |
|
| Nov.19 |
South Africa |
|
40 feared trapped in South Africa building collapse |
|
| Oct.30 |
Niger |
|
Bodies of migrants found in Niger |
|
| Aug.6 |
 Kenya |
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Major fire closes Nairobi airport The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) had been closed and passengers evacuated
|
| Feb.26 |
Egypt |
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Tourists killed as hot air balloon explodes in Egypt Hot air balloon exploded over the city of Luxor. Eighteen tourists were killed when the balloon dropped almost 300 meters
|
| Jan.1 |
Ivory Coast |
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Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede
|
|
| Nov.17 |
Egypt |
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Egypt bus-train crash kills 50 children |
|
| Nov.7 |
Ghana |
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Shop building collapses in Ghana |
|
| Jun.3 |
 Nigeria |
|
Passenger plane crashes into Lagos building All dead in Nigeria plane crash. At least 162 people were thought to be on board
|
| Mar.4 |
Congo |
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Ammo dump explodes in Congo, killing 60 |
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| Sep.12 |
Kenya |
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Dozens die in pipeline fire |
|
| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
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Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks |
|
| Sep.5 |
Somalia |
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Somalia famine 'may kill 750,000'
|
| Aug.3 |
Somalia |
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Somalia's famine reaches into Mogadishu |
|
| Jul.19 |
 Somalia |
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UN to declare famine in Somalia The United Nations is set to declare a famine in parts of Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century
|
|
| Sep.24 |
Northern Nigeria |
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Flooding displaces more than 2 million |
|
| Aug.29 |
Niger |
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Niger flooding displaces nearly 200,000 |
|
| Jul.3 |
Congo |
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Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion
|
| May.12 |
Libya |
|
Child is sole Libya jet crash survivor Map of Tripoli Libya 92 passengers and 11 crew members were killed. An 8-year-old boy who is a Dutch citizen is the sole survivor of a deadly Afriqiyah Airways crash
|
| Feb.19 |
 Morocco |
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Minaret collapse kills 41 A 400-year-old minaret in Bab Berdieyinn mosque collapsed on worshipers, killing 36 and injuring 71 in the middle of prayers
|
|
| Sep.8 |
West Africa |
|
600,000 hit by flooding
|
| Jun.30 |
Comoros |
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Child found alive after Indian Ocean plane crash
|
| Jun.29 |
Comoros |
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Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard
|
| Mar.31 |
Libya |
|
Hundreds feared drowned off Libya |
|
| Mar.6 |
Zimbabwe |
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PM's wife killed in car crash
|
|
| Dec.18 |
Zimbabwe |
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Cholera deaths pass 1,000 |
|
| Dec.2 |
Zimbabwe |
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Cholera deaths near 500
|
| Jun.10 |
Sudan |
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28 dead as fire engulfs plane
|
| Apr.16 |
Congo |
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Plane crash kills 38; others missing |
|
|
| Oct.3 |
South Africa |
|
3,200 workers trapped in gold mine
|
| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
|
Flood misery hits arc of Africa
|
| May.5 |
Cameroon |
|
Jet with 100 aboard crashes
|
|
| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
|
Pipeline explosion kills at least 260
|
| Dec.18 |
Senegal |
|
Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die |
|
| Oct.29 |
Nigeria |
|
Sultan among crash dead |
|
| May.12 |
Nigeria |
|
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 |
|
| Feb.8 |
Nigeria |
|
Deadly bird flu found |
|
| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
|
Hopes dim for ferry missing |
|
| |
Egypt |
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Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued
|
|
| Dec.10 |
Nigeria |
|
Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed |
|
| Oct.23 |
Nigeria |
|
No survivors in crash |
|
| Oct.22 |
Nigeria |
|
Jet has crashed after takeoff |
|
| Jul.31 |
Sudan |
|
VP Garang 'dies in crash' |
|
| Jul.18 |
Niger |
|
Children starving to death |
|
|
| Nov.10 |
Ivory Coast |
|
Foreigners flee Ivory Coast |
|
| Oct.17 |
 Darfur |
 |
Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur The WHO: Up to 70,000 refugees have died since March 1 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition
|
| Oct.4 |
Tunisia |
|
Many drown as migrant ship sinks |
|
| Feb.23 |
Morocco |
|
Quake kills 600 |
|
| Jan.2 |
Egypt |
|
Airliner crashes into Red Sea |
|
|
| May.21 |
Algeria |
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More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake 51,000 homeless and 8,626 injured. Survivors accused the government of turning a blind eye to shoddy construction
|
|
| Sep.27 |
 Senegal |
|
1,800 people died as ferry sinks The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm
|
| Jan.28 |
Nigeria |
|
Lagos blasts leave 500 dead
|
| Jan.19 |
Congo |
|
Half of the city has been burned |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jul.12 |
Sicily |
Italy wildfires: Tourists rescued by boat from Calampiso |
| 2015 |
|
| Jun.4 |
Ghana |
Ghana petrol station inferno kills 150 in Accra |
| 2013 |
|
| Aug.6 |
Kenya |
Major fire closes Nairobi airport The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) had been closed and passengers evacuated
| 2011 |
|
| Sep.12 |
Kenya |
Dozens die in pipeline fire |
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Feb.23 |
Morocco |
Quake kills 600 |
| 2003 |
|
| May.21 |
Algeria |
More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake 51,000 homeless and 8,626 injured. Survivors accused the government of turning a blind eye to shoddy construction
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jul.5 |
CAR |
Scores killed in truck crash |
|
| May.7 |
Tanzania |
School bus crash kills 36 in Tanzania |
|
| Apr.24 |
Kenya |
27 people killed in bus-trailer truck collision in Kenya |
| 2012 |
|
| Nov.17 |
Egypt |
Egypt bus-train crash kills 50 children |
| 2009 |
|
| Mar.6 |
Zimbabwe |
PM's wife killed in car crash
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| May.12 |
Congo |
Ebola: WHO declares outbreak in DR Congo |
| 2014 |
|
| Oct.25 |
West Africa |
Ebola outbreak cases pass 10,000 The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths, the World Health Organization says in its latest report.
|
| Oct.23 |
Mali |
First Ebola case in Mali confirmed |
|
| Sep.26 |
West Africa |
W Africa Ebola deaths 'pass 3,000' The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 3,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says
|
| Sep.5 |
Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone declares Ebola lockdown
|
| Aug.17 |
Liberia |
Protesters attack Liberia Ebola unit |
|
| Aug.6 |
Liberia |
Liberia's president declares state of emergency over Ebola |
|
| Mar.22 |
Guinea |
Ebola 'caused Guinea fever deaths' Map of southern Guinea Guinea| The virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever now believed to have killed nearly 60 people in southern Guinea | |
| 2008 |
|
| Dec.18 |
Zimbabwe |
Cholera deaths pass 1,000 |
|
| Dec.2 |
Zimbabwe |
Cholera deaths near 500
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.8 |
Nigeria |
Deadly bird flu found |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Apr.16 |
Libya |
Thousands saved off Libyan coast over Easter |
|
| Mar.23 |
Libya |
More than 200 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean |
|
| Jan.14 |
Libya |
Only 4 survivors from migrant shipwreck off Libya
| 2016 |
|
| Nov.3 |
Libya |
Migrant crisis: 'Hundreds dead' in shipwrecks off Libya |
|
| Aug.29 |
Libya |
Thousands of migrants rescued off Libya
|
| May.29 |
Libya |
European migrant crisis: Shipwrecks 'kill up to 700 migrants' Map of Mediterranean Sea Libya| Up to 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says | |
| 2015 |
|
| Aug.27 |
Libya |
Libya boats capsize off Zuwara carrying hundreds Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsized at Mediterranean Sea, residents and officials say
|
| Aug.22 |
Libya |
Up to 3,000 migrants rescued near Libya coast
|
| Aug.15 |
Libya |
More than 40 migrants died in overcrowded boat |
|
| Apr.20 |
Sicily |
Italy arrests two over migrant boat sinking
|
| Apr.16 |
Libya |
Muslim migrants threw Christians overboard
|
| Apr.14 |
Libya |
Hundreds of migrants feared drowned off Libya Map of Mediterranean sea Libya| About 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized, survivors have told Save the Children. The Italian coast guard had rescued 144. More than 8,000 have bee... | |
| 2011 |
|
| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks |
| 2009 |
|
| Mar.31 |
Libya |
Hundreds feared drowned off Libya |
| 2006 |
|
| Dec.18 |
Senegal |
Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die |
|
| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued
| 2004 |
|
| Oct.4 |
Tunisia |
Many drown as migrant ship sinks |
| 2002 |
|
| Sep.27 |
Senegal |
1,800 people died as ferry sinks The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.19 |
Congo |
Half of the city has been burned |
|
|
| 2014 |
|
| Feb.16 |
Johannesburg |
SA miners freed from collapsed pit |
|
| Feb.5 |
Johannesburg |
Bodies found in South Africa mine |
| 2007 |
|
| Oct.3 |
South Africa |
3,200 workers trapped in gold mine
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Mar.10 |
Madagascar |
Cyclone Enawo: Madagascar death toll rises to 38 |
|
| Mar.4 |
Somalia |
Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Wed. |
Sierra Leone |
Burials for Sierra Leone mudslide victims Nearly half of the 400 people known to have died in a mudslide and flooding on the outskirts of the capital Freetown have already been burie...
|
| Aug. 15 |
Sierra Leone |
At least 600 still missing in Freetown mudslide Map of Regent Sierra Leone| At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone's capital | |
|
| Mar.12 |
Ethiopia |
Ethiopia rubbish landslide kills 48 in Addis Ababa Map of Koshe Addis Ababa Ethiopia Dozens of people are still missing since the landslide on Saturday night at the Koshe landfill. A resident said 150 people were there at the time
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Sep.24 |
Northern Nigeria |
Flooding displaces more than 2 million |
|
| Aug.29 |
Niger |
Niger flooding displaces nearly 200,000 |
| 2009 |
|
| Sep.8 |
West Africa |
600,000 hit by flooding
| 2007 |
|
| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
Flood misery hits arc of Africa
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Feb.10 |
Angola |
Angola stadium stampede in Uige kills 17 |
| 2013 |
|
| Jan.1 |
Ivory Coast |
Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| Jun.16 |
Egypt |
EgyptAir plane's voice recorder found
|
| Jun.15 |
Egypt |
EgyptAir crash: Wreckage found in Mediterranean Wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean last month has been found, Egyptian investigators say
|
| Jun.1 |
Egypt |
EgyptAir crash: Black box signals heard by search teams |
|
| May.20 |
Egypt |
EgyptAir: 'Smoke detected' inside cabin before crash
|
| May.20 |
Egypt |
EgyptAir crash: Debris found from flight MS804
| 2015 |
|
| Nov.3 |
Egypt |
Sinai crash: Russia plane flight recorders to be examined |
|
| Aug.2 |
Southern Africa |
MH370 search: New debris on Reunion investigated |
|
| Jul.31 |
Southern Africa |
More debris on Reunion Island beach may unlock MH370 mystery
|
| Jul.29 |
Southern Africa |
MH370 search: Experts investigate Indian Ocean wreckage Map of Reunion France Southern Africa| Malaysia has sent a team to the Indian Ocean island of Reunion to determine whether debris which washed up there is from missing flight MH370 | |
| 2014 |
|
| Jul.24 |
Mali |
Air Algerie says missing plane likely crashed in Mali Map of Gossi Mali An Air Algerie flight with at least 116 people on board which dropped off the radar in the early hours of Thursday has apparently crashed in Mali
|
| Feb.21 |
Tunisia |
11 killed as Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia |
|
| Feb.11 |
Algeria |
Algeria plane crash 'kills scores'
| 2013 |
|
| Nov.30 |
Namibia |
Namibia finds Mozambique plane wreck |
|
| Feb.26 |
Egypt |
Tourists killed as hot air balloon explodes in Egypt Hot air balloon exploded over the city of Luxor. Eighteen tourists were killed when the balloon dropped almost 300 meters
| 2012 |
|
| Jun.3 |
Nigeria |
Passenger plane crashes into Lagos building All dead in Nigeria plane crash. At least 162 people were thought to be on board
| 2010 |
|
| May.12 |
Libya |
Child is sole Libya jet crash survivor Map of Tripoli Libya 92 passengers and 11 crew members were killed. An 8-year-old boy who is a Dutch citizen is the sole survivor of a deadly Afriqiyah Airways crash
| 2009 |
|
| Jun.30 |
Comoros |
Child found alive after Indian Ocean plane crash
|
| Jun.29 |
Comoros |
Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard
| 2008 |
|
| Jun.10 |
Sudan |
28 dead as fire engulfs plane
|
| Apr.16 |
Congo |
Plane crash kills 38; others missing |
| 2007 |
|
| May.5 |
Cameroon |
Jet with 100 aboard crashes
| 2006 |
|
| Oct.29 |
Nigeria |
Sultan among crash dead |
| 2005 |
|
| Dec.10 |
Nigeria |
Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed |
|
| Oct.23 |
Nigeria |
No survivors in crash |
|
| Oct.22 |
Nigeria |
Jet has crashed after takeoff |
|
| Jul.31 |
Sudan |
VP Garang 'dies in crash' |
| 2004 |
|
| Jan.2 |
Egypt |
Airliner crashes into Red Sea |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jun.8 |
Rwanda |
Rhino kills Hungarian conservationist in Rwanda |
|
| Apr.29 |
Southern Africa |
Shark mauls trained shark-spotter bodyboarding off French island |
| 2016 |
|
| Apr.28 |
Kenya |
African leaders meet for Giants Club elephant summit |
| 2015 |
|
| Jul.28 |
Zimbabwe |
US dentist 'regrets' killing Zimbabwe lion Cecil Walter Palmer who killed a lion in Zimbabwe says he regrets shooting the well-known animal and insists that he thought he was on a legal hun...
|
| Jul.19 |
South Africa |
Surfer Mick Fanning attacked by shark on live TV |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jul.15 |
Senegal |
'Eight dead' in wall collapse at Senegal's Demba Dior |
| 2013 |
|
| Nov.19 |
South Africa |
40 feared trapped in South Africa building collapse |
| 2012 |
|
| Nov.7 |
Ghana |
Shop building collapses in Ghana |
| 2010 |
|
| Feb.19 |
Morocco |
Minaret collapse kills 41 A 400-year-old minaret in Bab Berdieyinn mosque collapsed on worshipers, killing 36 and injuring 71 in the middle of prayers
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jun.10 |
Ethiopia |
Ethiopia's emergency food aid to run out next month |
| 2011 |
|
| Sep.5 |
Somalia |
Somalia famine 'may kill 750,000'
|
| Aug.3 |
Somalia |
Somalia's famine reaches into Mogadishu |
|
| Jul.19 |
Somalia |
UN to declare famine in Somalia The United Nations is set to declare a famine in parts of Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century
| 2005 |
|
| Jul.18 |
Niger |
Children starving to death |
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Nov.10 |
Ivory Coast |
Foreigners flee Ivory Coast |
|
| Oct.17 |
Darfur |
Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur The WHO: Up to 70,000 refugees have died since March 1 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Aug. 11 |
Egypt |
Egypt trains collide in Alexandria killing dozens
| 2015 |
|
| Jul.17 |
Johannesburg |
Train crash: 300 injured near Johannesburg |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
Hopes dim for ferry missing |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jun.13 |
Mosul |
Displaced hit by food poisoning in camp near Mosul |
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Oct.30 |
Niger |
Bodies of migrants found in Niger |
|
|
| 2015 |
|
| Dec.24 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria gas explosion kills more than 100 people
| 2012 |
|
| Mar.4 |
Congo |
Ammo dump explodes in Congo, killing 60 |
| 2010 |
|
| Jul.3 |
Congo |
Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion
| 2006 |
|
| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
Pipeline explosion kills at least 260
|
| May.12 |
Nigeria |
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 |
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.28 |
Nigeria |
Lagos blasts leave 500 dead
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