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Emergency agencies say efforts are ongoing to rescue unidentified number of people trapped in a building which collapsed on Thursday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The three-storey building, which was under construction, is in Gwarinpa, a residential suburb. Nkechi Isa, spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Management Agency, said in …

A five-storey residential building collapsed on Monday in Ruiru on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, barely a day after its tenants were evacuated, local media reported. The evacuation was witnessed by the local governor, Kimani Wamatangi, on Sunday after the building developed cracks. It had more than 100 …

Two people died in the Nigerian commercial capital Lagos after a seven storey building under construction collapsed, Reuters reported, citing Lagos State Emergency Management Agency. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday and rescue efforts were underway to find survivors, the agency said. The building was being constructed …

At least three children, including two brothers and their sister, died in a building collapse in Egypt, local media have reported. Three other siblings were also hurt. Six more injured people were rescued from the rubble of the collapsed two-storey apartment building in the province of Beni Suef. Read also: …