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Dozens of people have been feared killed after a one-storey building collapsed in Taraba State. SaharaReporters learnt that the building, which is under construction, was reduced to the ground on Friday with several workers stuck in the rubble. An eyewitness who does not want his name mentioned, said the building …

Dozens of Electricity poles in the Eastern Region have been burnt as bushfires ravage parts of the region. The increasing bushfires is threatening uninterrupted power supply and causing damages as many electricity poles have been affected. Over 140 bushfires have been recorded so far in the region this year. The …

At least 26 people have been killed in floods in southern India after heavy rains caused rivers to overflow, cutting off towns and villages. Five children are among the dead. There are fears the death toll could rise further as many people are missing. Several houses were washed away and …

Panicked students along with their teachers came out to survey the damage after a fire gutted a dormitory at the Ofafa Jericho high school in Kenya’s Nairobi county. About 40 students were hospitalized after inhaling smoke in the Monday night disaster. “Most of the students actually who were taken to …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionWestern Canada and the US Pacific north-west have seen days of baking temperatures Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records. Police in British Columbia have responded to almost 70 sudden deaths since Monday, the majority of them involving elderly …

miasm At least one person has died and dozens are missing after the collapse of a 12-storey residential building north of Miami, Florida, officials say. The number of people who have been located now stands at 102, while 99 are still unaccounted for, according to Miami-Dade Mayor Danielle Levine-Cava. It …

At least 163 Palestinians and six Israeli police officers have been hurt in clashes in Jerusalem, Palestinian medics and Israeli police say. Most were injured at the Al-Aqsa mosque, where Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades as Palestinians threw stones and bottles. Tensions have been rising over the …

Three persons have been injured in an explosive waste disposal incident at Asaman in the Okere District of the Eastern Region. The injured were blasters who were disposing the explosive items. They were rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital for treatment. The incident which occurred on Sunday, April 25, 2021, …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionProtests have been going on in Bago, as in other cities, for more than two months More than 80 people have been killed by Myanmar security forces in a crackdown on a protest in the city of Bago, activists say. The military is reported to have taken away …