Fire destroys NFF building in Abuja

Moto Mkubwa umechoma afisi za shirikisho la Soka la Nigeria NFF zilizoko Abuja.

A huge fire destroys much of East Africa's biggest second-hand clothing market in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, officials say.

Fire destroys 180 shops in northern Tanzania
Coastweek
ARUSHA, Tanzania, (Xinhua) -- A total of 180 shops have been destroyed by fire which broke out late on Monday in a market popular for selling Maasai traditional attires and other related goods in Arusha, northern Tanzania's safari hub. Chairman of the ...

Fire has gutted food store and kitchen at Msandaka School of Deaf in Moshi Municipal, causing loss of millions of shillings.

Mob sets two houses on fire, destroys banana farm
Daily News
A MOB torched two houses and cut down a banana plantation belonging to Mr Aziz Ahmada (67) at Nyabiokwevillage, in Bwanjai ward, Misenyi District, rendering homeless a total of eight family members. Nyabiokwe Village Chairman, Mr Jonathan Tibela, ...

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!

TBS destroys 10m/- used underpants, low quality biscuits
Daily News
THE Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) destroyed five bales of used underpants it seized during the ongoing operation against used and inferior underwear, including 1.2 tonnes of substandard biscuits, both worth about 10m/-. TBS Senior Standards Officer ...

Libya destroyed all its chemical arsenal on 26 January, the country's foreign minister announces.

Egypt begins demolishing the headquarters of the now-dissolved party of former President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo.