At least eight people were killed and three injured when a six-story apartment building collapsed on Tuesday in Cairo’s Waili neighborhood, according to Egypt’s Health Ministry. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Cairo Governor Ibrahim Saber said in a statement that the injured were taken to local hospitals while … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has received the news of the tragic collapse of a school building, which resulted in multiple deaths and many surviving victims in Jos, Plateau State, with profound grief. Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The state government said 22 persons died and 132 others were … Read more
A two-storey school building at Saint Academy, Jos, has collapsed, trapping scores of students.The building that housed classrooms and offices collapsed on Friday, while the students were writing their third term examination. Saint’s Academy Jos, Nigeria PHOTO CREDIT @Saint’s Academy Facebook A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who was at the scene … Read more
Cape Town, South Africa — Rescue teams searching for dozens of construction workers missing after an apartment complex collapsed in South Africa brought out more survivors Tuesday as they entered a second night of desperate work to find anyone alive in the wreckage. At least seven people have been confirmed dead. Authorities said 26 workers had … Read more
The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, stranding dozens of workers at quarries and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. The quake, which also injured more than 1,000, was centered off the coast of rural, mountainous Hualien County, where some buildings … Read more
A hangar under construction on the grounds of the airport in Boise, Idaho, collapsed Wednesday, killing three people and injuring nine more, officials said. Authorities responded at about 5 p.m. local time to a private business located at the Boise Airport for a steel framed hangar that collapsed, Boise Fire Department Operations Chief Aaron Hummel … Read more
