Tanzania: Simiyu accident toll rises to 15

The death toll from the road accident that involved a bus christened Lehuye Express Bus on the Tarime-Mwanza Highway on Monday has increased to 15, with the number of those injured standing at 44,...

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12 perish in road accident in Edo

No fewer than 12 persons were Tuesday feared death in a multiple road accident and scores of others sustained various degree of injuries as a truck conveying granite rammed into three vehicles and...

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63 killed, 80 injured in Congo train crash

At least 63 people were killed and 80 were seriously injured in Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga province when a train speeding too fast round a bend derailed. Fifty others were trapped inside...

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Suspected mass grave excavated

Experts have started excavation on a mass grave in Serbia believed to contain at least 250 bodies of ethnic Albanians who were killed during the 1998-99 Kosovo war. The Serbian government official...

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Rescuers find 121 bodies from sunken ship, 181 still missing

Authorities Tuesday confirmed that the death toll in the South Korean ferry capsize is 121 as rescue divers continued their searches for more bodies from the sunken vessel in which over 180 passengers...

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The Ghosts of Rana Plaza

In Bangladesh, one year after the worst accident in the history of the garment industry, recovery remains a fragile process, justice seems elusive, and reform has a long way to go. Lutfer Rahman...

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