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Gambia: How Yahya Jammeh’s house was saved from fire

On Thursday the country house of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh was saved from destruction after fire gutted it. A raging forest fire according to...

Pictures: How fire destroyed Gambia’s major industrial area

One of Gambia's major industrial areas outside the capital, Banjul has been destroyed by fire with traders losing millions of dollars' worth of goods. Many...

Algeria: Eight infants killed in hospital fire

Authorities in Algeria say eight infants have died following a fire outbreak at the maternity unit of a hospital in eastern part of the...

Liberia: Dozens of children killed in school fire

At least 27 school children have been killed in a fire outbreak at an Islamic school in Liberia. There were two survivors who were taken...

Nigeria: Lagos pipeline explosion kills two, 30 vehicles burnt

A major pipeline explosion in Lagos town of Ijegun has led to the death of two people with 30 vehicles also burnt to the...

Nine Ugandan students die in arson attack

Nine school children have been killed in a fire outbreak in a school in South-western Uganda. Police on Monday said the children died in the...

South Africa: Helicopter pilot killed while fighting blaze

A pilot of a helicopter was killed on Tuesday while helping to fight a fire outbreak in South Africa's Riversdale town. Local media reports that...

Brazil’s 200-year-old museum consumed by fire

A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Most of the 20 million...

12 hospitalized after Kenya school fire

Twelve people have been hospitalized in Kenya after a fire outbreak in a secondary school in Nairobi. Those injured in the fire were rushed to...

Kenyan school dorms razed down by fire

Dormitories of three high schools in Kenya have been razed down by fire on Monday. Local media Daily Nation reports that emergency teams responded to...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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