Deadly friendly fire in 1939 still reverberates today!
Six historic events on a date like today’s, September 6, induce me to share them with my esteemed readers.
TheCitizen
Habari Zinazoendana
10 years ago
TheCitizen06 Jun
Give me friendly fire any time? But not military fire, please!
No doubt acting out of curiosity, a reader emailed to ask me what the heading to this column, ‘Friendly Fire From Yesteryears,’ is intended to portray. How can fire be friendly, the fellow asked - perhaps bearing in mind such episodes as the Great Fire of London in 1666!
11 years ago
TheCitizen31 May
FRIENDLY FIRE FROM YESTERYEARS: From Lincoln to Lyatonga: Why Abe got ‘democracy’ wrong (I)
>About 130 years after Abraham ‘Abe’ Lincoln, the 16th US President (1861-65) was assassinated in Washington DC on April 14-15, 1865, Tanzania saw to a rise Phoenix-like from the political ashes its own equally maverick son of the soil, Augustine ‘Inji Hii’ Lyatonga Mrema (born December 31, 1944 ...).
9 years ago
BBC24 Nov
Deadly fire at Algeria camp for migrants
A fire has killed at least 18 people and injured 35 others in a camp for African migrants in Ouargla in Algeria, the emergency services say.
10 years ago
BBC
VIDEO: Accra in mourning after deadly fire
Ghana is marking its third and final day of national mourning for the people killed last week by flooding and a fire at a petrol station.
10 years ago
TheCitizen09 Dec
Stars take on Burundi in friendly
The national team (Taifa Stars) this evening play Burundi’s Intamba mu Rugamba in a friendly battle at the National Stadium.
11 years ago
TheCitizen09 Oct
‘Buildings need to be rescue friendly’
Fire and Rescue Force has directed owners of major buildings as well those frequented by members of the public to instal fire signs in order to simplify firefighting whenever accidents occur.
11 years ago
BBC
Algeria's Feghouli out of friendly
Algeria's Sofiane Feghouli withdraws from Wednesday's World Cup warm-up against Slovenia after dental surgery.
11 years ago
TheCitizen03 Sep
Call for ‘friendly’ school designs
>The government has been called upon to consider the needs of people with disabilities when erecting infrastructure in schools in a bid to encourage them to acquire education.
11 years ago
TheCitizen12 Sep
Simba take on URA in friendly duel
>Simba SC square off against Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in a friendly match scheduled for the National Stadium this evening.
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