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 Guinea |
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 Ebola 'caused Guinea fever deaths'  The virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever now believed to have killed nearly 60 people in southern Gui...
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| Feb.21 |
Tunisia |
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11 killed as Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia
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| Feb.16 |
Johannesburg |
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SA miners freed from collapsed pit
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| Feb.11 |
Algeria |
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Algeria plane crash 'kills scores' An Algerian military transport plane has crashed in mountains in the north-east of the country with 103 passengers and crew on board
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| Feb.5 |
Johannesburg |
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Bodies found in South Africa mine
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| Nov.30 |
Namibia |
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Namibia finds Mozambique plane wreck
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| Aug.6 |
Kenya |
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Major fire closes Nairobi airport  Map of Nairobi Kenya| The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) had been closed and passengers evacuated. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) has been clo... | |
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| 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
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| Jan.1 |
Ivory Coast |
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Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede
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Nigeria |
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Passenger plane crashes into Lagos building
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Somalia |
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UN to declare famine in Somalia
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| May.12 |
Libya |
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 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
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| Feb.19 |
Morocco |
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Minaret collapse kills 41
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| Jun.29 |
Comoros |
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Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard
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| Dec.2 |
Zimbabwe |
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Cholera deaths near 500
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West Africa |
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Flood misery hits arc of Africa
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Cameroon |
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Jet with 100 aboard crashes
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Nigeria |
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Pipeline explosion kills at least 260
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Egypt |
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Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea
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Darfur |
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Sierra Leone |
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Sierra Leone chief Ebola doctor infected Map of Kailahun Sierra Leone Sheik Umar Khan, the doctor leading the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone is now being treated for the deadly virus
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| Jul. 15 |
Ivory Coast |
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Ivory Coast blocks refugees amid Ebola fears
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| Jul. 8 |
South Africa |
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At least 52 people injured in South Africa train collision
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West Africa |
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Ebola outbreak: 25 more deaths confirmed in West Africa
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| Jul. 3 |
Ghana |
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African states agree Ebola strategy |
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| Jul. 2 |
Southern Sudan |
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Millions at risk in South Sudan |
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| Jul. 1 |
Kenya |
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Cargo plane with 4 on board crashes in Nairobi |
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West Africa |
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West Africa Ebola toll rises to 467 |
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| Jun. 29 |
Sicily |
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Italy finds bodies in migrant boat |
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| Jun. 26 |
West Africa |
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'Drastic action' needed on Ebola
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| Jun.17 |
Liberia |
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Seven die in Liberia Ebola outbreak |
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| Jun.4 |
Guinea |
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Ebola death toll hits 208 in Guinea |
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| Jun.2 |
Sierra Leone |
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Ebola outbreak: Staff leave S Leone |
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| May.28 |
Sierra Leone |
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Ebola: Medics travel to eastern Sierra Leone |
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| May.11 |
Congo |
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Deadly stampede at DR Congo match |
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Libya |
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Many dead after Libyan boat capsizes |
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| Apr.30 |
Sudan |
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9 Sudanese die after being trapped in desert border area with Libya |
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| Apr.23 |
Congo |
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Dozens dead after train derails in Congo |
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| Apr.15 |
Togo |
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48 dead when bus and truck collide in Togo |
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| Apr.9 |
Guinea |
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Some Ebola patients 'recovering' |
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Sicily |
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Italian navy rescues over 1,000 migrants from overcrowded boats in a day |
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| 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 | |
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| Feb.21 |
Tunisia |
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 11 killed as Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia The plane was carrying five crew members, a doctor, three patients and two others who were accompanying them on the flight
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| Feb.16 |
Johannesburg |
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SA miners freed from collapsed pit Illegal gold miners trapped in an abandoned shaft near Johannesburg have begun to emerge, a day after they were caught in a collapse
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| Feb.11 |
Algeria |
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Algeria plane crash 'kills scores' Map of Oum al-Bouaghi Algeria| An Algerian military transport plane has crashed in mountains in the north-east of the country with 103 passengers and crew on board. The Hercules C-130 crashed in a mountainous area o... | |
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| Feb.6 |
Sicily |
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More than 1,100 asylum seekers rescued off Italian coast
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| Feb.5 |
Johannesburg |
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Bodies found in South Africa mine Rescue workers at a South African gold mine say they have recovered eight bodies after a fire and rock fall
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| Nov.30 |
 Namibia |
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Namibia finds Mozambique plane wreck The wreckage of a Mozambique Airlines plane that disappeared over Namibia has been found, but none of the 34 people aboard survived the cras...
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| Nov.19 |
South Africa |
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40 feared trapped in South Africa building collapse
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| Oct.30 |
Niger |
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Bodies of migrants found in Niger
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| Sep.28 |
Nigeria |
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Nigeria river boat accident kills 42, 100 missing |
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| Aug.24 |
Damascus |
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MSF-backed hospitals treated Syria 'chemical victims' |
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| Aug.10 |
Morocco |
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16 Moroccan royal guards die in bus crash |
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| Aug.6 |
Kenya |
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Major fire closes Nairobi airport Map of Nairobi Kenya The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) had been closed and passengers evacuated
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| Mar.30 |
Tanzania |
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Tanzania collapse 'leaves 17 dead' |
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| Feb.26 |
Egypt |
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Tourists killed as hot air balloon explodes in Egypt Map of Luxor Egypt| Hot air balloon exploded over the city of Luxor. Eighteen tourists were killed when the balloon dropped almost 300 meters. British, French, Hong Kong and Japanese... | |
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| Jan.1 |
Ivory Coast |
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 Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede A New Year's Eve fireworks display turned from celebration to tragedy when 60 people -- most of them women and children -- were crushed to d...
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| Nov.17 |
Egypt |
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Egypt bus-train crash kills 50 children
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| Nov.7 |
Ghana |
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Shop building collapses in Ghana
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| Jun.3 |
Nigeria |
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Passenger plane crashes into Lagos building Map of Lagos Nigeria All dead in Nigeria plane crash. At least 162 people were thought to be on board
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| 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
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| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
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Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks |
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| Sep.5 |
Somalia |
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Somalia famine 'may kill 750,000'
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| Aug.3 |
Somalia |
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Somalia's famine reaches into Mogadishu |
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| 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
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| Sep.24 |
Nigeria |
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Flooding displaces more than 2 million |
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| Aug.29 |
Niger |
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Niger flooding displaces nearly 200,000 |
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| Jul.3 |
Congo |
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Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion
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| May.12 |
Libya |
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 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
| Ruben van Assouw, suffered multiple fractures in his lower limbs and underwent an operation at Al Khadra Hospital in Tripoli
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| 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
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| Sep.8 |
West Africa |
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600,000 hit by flooding
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| Jun.30 |
Comoros |
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Child found alive after Indian Ocean plane crash
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| Jun.29 |
 Comoros |
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 Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard A Yemeni jetliner en route to Moroni has crashed in the Indian Ocean an hour before reaching its destination, Moroni, the capital of Comoros
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| Mar.31 |
Libya |
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Hundreds feared drowned off Libya |
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| Mar.6 |
Zimbabwe |
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PM's wife killed in car crash
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| Dec.18 |
Zimbabwe |
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Cholera deaths pass 1,000 |
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| Dec.2 |
Zimbabwe |
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 Cholera deaths near 500 More than 11,700 cases of cholera have been recorded since August
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| Jun.10 |
Sudan |
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28 dead as fire engulfs plane
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| Apr.16 |
Congo |
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Plane crash kills 38; others missing |
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| Oct.3 |
South Africa |
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3,200 workers trapped in gold mine
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| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
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Flood misery hits arc of Africa An estimated one million people across Africa have been hit by rains which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead
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| May.5 |
Cameroon |
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Jet with 100 aboard crashes Kenya Airways flight crashed in southern Cameroon. The plane lost contact with airport controllers soon after taking off
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| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
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Pipeline explosion kills at least 260 A massive explosion and fire ignited as crowds carried away buckets of fuel from a tapped fuel pipeline
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| Dec.18 |
Senegal |
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Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die |
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| Oct.29 |
Nigeria |
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Sultan among crash dead
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| May.12 |
Nigeria |
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Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200
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| Feb.8 |
Nigeria |
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Deadly bird flu found |
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| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
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Hopes dim for ferry missing |
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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
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| Dec.10 |
Nigeria |
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Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed
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| Oct.23 |
Nigeria |
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No survivors in crash |
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| Oct.22 |
Nigeria |
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Jet has crashed after takeoff
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| Jul.31 |
Sudan |
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VP Garang 'dies in crash'
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| Jul.18 |
Niger |
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Children starving to death
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| Nov.10 |
Ivory Coast |
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Foreigners flee Ivory Coast |
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| Oct.17 |
 Darfur |
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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
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| Oct.4 |
Tunisia |
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Many drown as migrant ship sinks |
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| Feb.23 |
Morocco |
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Quake kills 600
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| Jan.2 |
Egypt |
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Airliner crashes into Red Sea
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| 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
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| May.9 |
Congo |
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Passengers sucked out of plane |
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| Mar.6 |
Algeria |
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Plane crashes, killing 102 |
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| Sep.27 |
Senegal |
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1,800 people died as ferry sinks The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm
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| May.28 |
Libya |
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Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families |
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| Jan.28 |
Nigeria |
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Lagos blasts leave 500 dead
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| Jan.19 |
Congo |
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Half of the city has been burned |
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| Jan.18 |
Congo |
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Volcano kills 45 people |
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| Nov.10 |
Algeria |
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Hundreds dead in floods |
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| May.9 |
Ghana |
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125 killed in soccer crush |
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| Apr.11 |
South Africa |
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43 die in soccer stampede |
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| Feb.25 |
Mozambique |
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80,000 at risk from floods |
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| Mar.14 |
Mozambique |
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Floods move deadly mines |
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| 2013 |
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| Aug.6 |
Kenya |
Major fire closes Nairobi airport Map of Nairobi Kenya The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) had been closed and passengers evacuated
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| 2011 |
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| Sep.12 |
Kenya |
Dozens die in pipeline fire
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| 2004 |
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| Feb.23 |
Morocco |
Quake kills 600
| 2003 |
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| 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
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| 2014 |
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| Apr.15 |
Togo |
48 dead when bus and truck collide in Togo |
| 2013 |
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| Aug.10 |
Morocco |
16 Moroccan royal guards die in bus crash |
| 2012 |
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| Nov.17 |
Egypt |
Egypt bus-train crash kills 50 children
| 2009 |
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| Mar.6 |
Zimbabwe |
PM's wife killed in car crash
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| 2014 |
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| Yesterday |
Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone chief Ebola doctor infected Map of Kailahun Sierra Leone Sheik Umar Khan, the doctor leading the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone is now being treated for the deadly virus
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| Jul. 15 |
Ivory Coast |
Ivory Coast blocks refugees amid Ebola fears
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| Jul. 8 |
West Africa |
Ebola outbreak: 25 more deaths confirmed in West Africa
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| Jul. 3 |
Ghana |
African states agree Ebola strategy |
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| Jul. 1 |
West Africa |
West Africa Ebola toll rises to 467 |
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| Jun. 26 |
West Africa |
'Drastic action' needed on Ebola
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| Jun.17 |
Liberia |
Seven die in Liberia Ebola outbreak |
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| Jun.4 |
Guinea |
Ebola death toll hits 208 in Guinea |
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| Jun.2 |
Sierra Leone |
Ebola outbreak: Staff leave S Leone |
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| May.28 |
Sierra Leone |
Ebola: Medics travel to eastern Sierra Leone |
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| Apr.9 |
Guinea |
Some Ebola patients 'recovering' |
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| 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 | |
| 2013 |
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| Aug.24 |
Damascus |
MSF-backed hospitals treated Syria 'chemical victims' |
| 2008 |
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| Dec.18 |
Zimbabwe |
Cholera deaths pass 1,000 |
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| Dec.2 |
Zimbabwe |
Cholera deaths near 500 More than 11,700 cases of cholera have been recorded since August
| 2006 |
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| Feb.8 |
Nigeria |
Deadly bird flu found |
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| 2014 |
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| Jun. 29 |
Sicily |
Italy finds bodies in migrant boat |
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| May.11 |
Libya |
Many dead after Libyan boat capsizes |
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| Apr.9 |
Sicily |
Italian navy rescues over 1,000 migrants from overcrowded boats in a day |
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| Feb.6 |
Sicily |
More than 1,100 asylum seekers rescued off Italian coast
| 2013 |
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| Sep.28 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria river boat accident kills 42, 100 missing |
| 2011 |
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| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks |
| 2009 |
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| Mar.31 |
Libya |
Hundreds feared drowned off Libya |
| 2006 |
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| Dec.18 |
Senegal |
Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die |
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| 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 |
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| Oct.4 |
Tunisia |
Many drown as migrant ship sinks |
| 2002 |
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| 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
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| 2002 |
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| Jan.19 |
Congo |
Half of the city has been burned |
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| Jan.18 |
Congo |
Volcano kills 45 people |
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| 2014 |
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| Feb.16 |
Johannesburg |
SA miners freed from collapsed pit Illegal gold miners trapped in an abandoned shaft near Johannesburg have begun to emerge, a day after they were caught in a collapse
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| Feb.5 |
Johannesburg |
Bodies found in South Africa mine Rescue workers at a South African gold mine say they have recovered eight bodies after a fire and rock fall
| 2007 |
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| Oct.3 |
South Africa |
3,200 workers trapped in gold mine
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| 2014 |
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| Jul. 2 |
Southern Sudan |
Millions at risk in South Sudan |
| 2010 |
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| Sep.24 |
Nigeria |
Flooding displaces more than 2 million |
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| Aug.29 |
Niger |
Niger flooding displaces nearly 200,000 |
| 2009 |
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| Sep.8 |
West Africa |
600,000 hit by flooding
| 2007 |
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| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
Flood misery hits arc of Africa An estimated one million people across Africa have been hit by rains which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead
| 2001 |
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| Nov.10 |
Algeria |
Hundreds dead in floods |
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| Feb.25 |
Mozambique |
80,000 at risk from floods |
| 2000 |
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| Mar.14 |
Mozambique |
Floods move deadly mines |
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| 2014 |
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| May.11 |
Congo |
Deadly stampede at DR Congo match |
| 2013 |
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| Jan.1 |
Ivory Coast |
Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede A New Year's Eve fireworks display turned from celebration to tragedy when 60 people -- most of them women and children -- were crushed to d...
| 2001 |
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| May.9 |
Ghana |
125 killed in soccer crush |
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| Apr.11 |
South Africa |
43 die in soccer stampede |
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| 2014 |
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| Jul. 1 |
Kenya |
Cargo plane with 4 on board crashes in Nairobi |
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| Feb.21 |
Tunisia |
11 killed as Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia The plane was carrying five crew members, a doctor, three patients and two others who were accompanying them on the flight
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| Feb.11 |
Algeria |
Algeria plane crash 'kills scores' Map of Oum al-Bouaghi Algeria| An Algerian military transport plane has crashed in mountains in the north-east of the country with 103 passengers and crew on board. The Hercules C-130 crashed in a mountainous area o... | |
| 2013 |
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| Nov.30 |
Namibia |
Namibia finds Mozambique plane wreck The wreckage of a Mozambique Airlines plane that disappeared over Namibia has been found, but none of the 34 people aboard survived the cras...
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| Feb.26 |
Egypt |
Tourists killed as hot air balloon explodes in Egypt Map of Luxor Egypt| Hot air balloon exploded over the city of Luxor. Eighteen tourists were killed when the balloon dropped almost 300 meters. British, French, Hong Kong and Japanese... | |
| 2012 |
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| Jun.3 |
Nigeria |
Passenger plane crashes into Lagos building Map of Lagos Nigeria All dead in Nigeria plane crash. At least 162 people were thought to be on board
| 2010 |
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| 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
| Ruben van Assouw, suffered multiple fractures in his lower limbs and underwent an operation at Al Khadra Hospital in Tripoli
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| 2009 |
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| Jun.30 |
Comoros |
Child found alive after Indian Ocean plane crash
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| Jun.29 |
Comoros |
Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard A Yemeni jetliner en route to Moroni has crashed in the Indian Ocean an hour before reaching its destination, Moroni, the capital of Comoros
| 2008 |
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| Jun.10 |
Sudan |
28 dead as fire engulfs plane
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| Apr.16 |
Congo |
Plane crash kills 38; others missing |
| 2007 |
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| May.5 |
Cameroon |
Jet with 100 aboard crashes Kenya Airways flight crashed in southern Cameroon. The plane lost contact with airport controllers soon after taking off
| 2006 |
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| Oct.29 |
Nigeria |
Sultan among crash dead
| 2005 |
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| Dec.10 |
Nigeria |
Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed
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| Oct.23 |
Nigeria |
No survivors in crash |
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| Oct.22 |
Nigeria |
Jet has crashed after takeoff
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| Jul.31 |
Sudan |
VP Garang 'dies in crash'
| 2004 |
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| Jan.2 |
Egypt |
Airliner crashes into Red Sea
| 2003 |
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| May.9 |
Congo |
Passengers sucked out of plane |
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| Mar.6 |
Algeria |
Plane crashes, killing 102 |
| 2002 |
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| May.28 |
Libya |
Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families |
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| 2011 |
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| Sep.5 |
Somalia |
Somalia famine 'may kill 750,000'
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| Aug.3 |
Somalia |
Somalia's famine reaches into Mogadishu |
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| 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 |
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| Jul.18 |
Niger |
Children starving to death
|
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| 2013 |
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| Nov.19 |
South Africa |
40 feared trapped in South Africa building collapse
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| Mar.30 |
Tanzania |
Tanzania collapse 'leaves 17 dead' |
| 2012 |
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| Nov.7 |
Ghana |
Shop building collapses in Ghana
| 2010 |
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| 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
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| 2004 |
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| Nov.10 |
Ivory Coast |
Foreigners flee Ivory Coast |
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| 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
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| 2014 |
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| Jul. 8 |
South Africa |
At least 52 people injured in South Africa train collision
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| Apr.23 |
Congo |
Dozens dead after train derails in Congo |
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| 2006 |
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| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
Hopes dim for ferry missing |
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| 2013 |
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| Oct.30 |
Niger |
Bodies of migrants found in Niger
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| 2012 |
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| Mar.4 |
Congo |
Ammo dump explodes in Congo, killing 60
| 2010 |
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| Jul.3 |
Congo |
Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion
| 2006 |
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| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
Pipeline explosion kills at least 260 A massive explosion and fire ignited as crowds carried away buckets of fuel from a tapped fuel pipeline
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| May.12 |
Nigeria |
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200
| 2002 |
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| Jan.28 |
Nigeria |
Lagos blasts leave 500 dead
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