Survivors recount horror of Nigeria fuel truck explosion
The bodies of victims of the fuel truck blast in northern Nigeria were buried in a mass grave at a health centre in Dikko, Niger state, on Saturday night. A petrol truck…
Sudan: survivors describe RSF rebels’ revenge campaign
Sudan: survivors describe RSF rebels' revenge campaign…
End of miners rescue operation in South Africa: dozens of bodies found, 246 survivors
Dozens of bodies have been rescued from a disused South African gold mine at Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal miners had been trapped for months.…
South Africa: Survivors, corpses pulled from gold mine
South African authorities lifted the bodies of 60 people from an abandoned gold mine, police have said. Hundreds more people could be underground following a monthslong effort to force them out of…
Indian Ocean tsunami, 20 years on: Trauma still haunts survivors
Nations around the Indian Ocean are preparing to mark 20 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami wiped entire villages off the map and killed around 230,000 people.…
Nigeria’s flood survivors say they’re being told to go home
Flood survivors in Nigeria's Maiduguri said the Borno state government ordered a mandatory evacuation for those who received food aid. However, officials denied the claim and said people were free to return…
Fifty years after fall of Ethiopia’s empire, survivors remember terror
Exactly 50 years ago, on September 12, 1974, Ethiopia's last emperor, Haile Selassie, was deposed after 44 years in power. A popular uprising and series of nationwide strikes put an end to…
Goma protest survivors say justice has not been done
In DR Congo, it’s been one year since soldiers cracked down on a religious sect that had been planning an anti-UN protest, shooting 56 people dead. But survivors say justice has not…
Rescuers search for survivors in deadly South Africa building collapse
Rescue teams racing to reach dozens of construction workers trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed multi-storey apartment in South Africa say they've made contact with around a dozen people buried alive…
Survivors trapped by quake landslide rescued in Taiwan
Rescuers airlifted survivors trapped in a mountainous area of Taiwan on Friday, two days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the island and left at least 12 people dead.…
Indonesia quake kills at least 34, search for survivors continues
A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island early Friday 15 January 2021, killing at least 34 people, levelling a hospital and severely damaging other buildings. President Joko Widodo expresses condolences and asks…