Algeria mourns plane crash victims

An Algerian military transport plane crashes in the east of the country, killing more than 100 people, Algerian TV says.

Amateur video has emerged showing the first pictures of the site in Mali where an Air Algerie flight AH5017 passenger jet crashed on Thursday.

Rescue teams resumed their recovery operation in the mountains on Thursday
The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday appeared to want to "destroy the plane", French officials said. Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing information from the "black box" voice recorder, said the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit. He intentionally started a descent while the pilot was locked out. Mr Robin said there was "absolute silence in the cockpit" as the pilot...

Ethiopia declares three days of national mourning following the release of an IS video showing the killing of Ethiopian Christians in Libya.

Mali begins three days of national mourning following Friday's attack on a hotel in the capital, Bamako, which killed 19 people.

 H.E. Ram Baran Yadav, President of the Democratic Republic of Nepal --- UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONH.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania has sent a condolence message to H.E. Ram Baran Yadav, President of the Democratic Republic of Nepal following a tragic earthquake that rocked Nepal on Saturday 25 April 2015.
The message reads as follows:


“H.E. Ram Baran Yadav,President of the Federal Democratic...

Grief-stricken relatives go to identify bodies at a university in north-eastern Kenya where al-Shabab gunmen killed at least 147 people.

Kikwete mourns bus accident victims
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PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has sent a message of condolence to Morogoro Regional Commissioner (RC), Joel Bendera, following the death of 12 people after the bus they were travelling in rammed into a train at Kilombero on Thursday. “I have received ...

Kikwete mourns 6 Dar house inferno victims
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PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete sent a condolence message to Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Saidi Mecki Sadiki, following the death of six family members who were burnt to death on Saturday night. A statement issued yesterday said the ...