A white gunman killed nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, the city’s police chief said on Thursday, describing the attack as a “hate crime”. The suspect, who police described as a 21-year-old white man wearing a sweatshirt, jeans and boots, was still at large hours[…]
A pair of suicide bombers detonated themselves near two churches in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday as worshippers were gathered inside – killing 15 people, officials said, in the latest attack against religious minorities in the increasingly fractured country. In the tense aftermath of the blasts, an[…]
The plane carrying 11 bodies of South Africans who died in the Nigeria church building collapse arrived in Pretoria on Friday morning. The huge, noisy military C130 aircraft touched down at the Waterkloof air force base at 1.18 am. Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Friday that government[…]
Hundreds of refugees who have been living in a church in the South African city of Johannesburg and told to vacate by December 31, are still in precarious situation without alternative accommodation, according to a church leader. Bishop Paul Verryn, whose leadership at the Central Methodist Church ended on Wednesday,[…]
A five-step process of identification is underway on the bodies of the South Africans killed in the Nigeria church building collapse, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Wednesday. Updating reporters in Pretoria on the situation, he said this was a “methodical and time consuming process, and one would[…]
The ANC Youth League on Monday sent condolences to the people who died when a church building collapsed in Nigeria. “The ANC Youth League, on behalf of the progressive young people of South Africa, passes its heartfelt condolences to all families and friends of people who lost their lives at[…]
South Africans needing help finding relatives following the building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, should contact charity Gift of the Givers, it said on Friday. Following a radio interview early Friday evening, founder Imtiaz Sooliman said he received calls from five people wanting to[…]
Over 200 South Africans survived the building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (Scoan) in Lagos, South Africa’s High Commissioner in Nigeria said on Thursday. “There are 265 South African survivors. Initially there were 96 injured South Africans, but now there are only 29 still in hospital, including[…]
The death toll in the building collapse that occurred at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria stood at 70, the SABC reported on Wednesday. A multi-storey building belonging to the church collapsed on Friday, leaving scores of people dead and injured. President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday announced that[…]
The death toll in a building collapse in Nigeria is still uncertain, South Africa’s high commissioner to Nigeria said on Wednesday. “The numbers can still either go up or down,” Lulu Mnguni told eNCA from Nigeria. He said there was a lack of access to information on the ground. “We[…]
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