Tag Archives: Collapse

The Mission Ward North Bank Dunamis Church in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, Northcentral Nigeria, has collapsed. A pastor was reportedly killed in the incident, which happened early on Tuesday, when the building collapsed. Four people, including the pastor, were reportedly praying in the church building prior to the …

Seven people were killed when part of a mosque filled with hundreds of worshippers collapsed in Nigeria’s northern city of Zaria, in Kaduna state, with several others injured, officials said. The incident occurred as hundreds of faithful observed afternoon prayers on Friday at the city’s central mosque, Zaria Emirate Council …

At least 12 people have been killed and five more have been injured in a building collapse in Douala, the capital of Cameroon. When the four-story structure collapsed early on Sunday morning into another residential block, it is unknown how many people were inside. Neighbours in distress have related hearing …

Six people, including a child, are missing after the collapse of a six-storey building under construction in a suburb of the Guinean capital Conakry, local sources told newsmen on Tuesday. Late on Monday afternoon, the collapse occurred. According to a local authority and a worker on the scene, “there are …

In Abidjan, the commercial city Ivory Coast, a six-story building collapsed while being built on Friday, killing at least seven of the workers there, according to firefighters. According to maintenance worker and constructor Jourdin Yoro, the structure began to crumble around the workers at about noon local time. “In a …