Kenyan man dies in fire tragedy in Atlanta

A Kenyan man who authorities described as homeless has died following an explosion that razed down the building he was in in Forest Park, about twenty miles South of  the city of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.The man has been identified as Daniel Kariuki Chege akaKandithi.Clayton County authorities said the man “may have been asleep when several  explosions rocked the building.”“Daniel was well known around here. He usually spent the night inside the building to keep the wintery weather at bay,”...

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Sep

TRAGEDY: Drama as man dies in custody

>Drama ensued at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) yesterday as one family refused to take the body of their relative who died in controversial circumstances while under police custody.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Feb

Emotional sendoff for family killed in fire tragedy

>Not even the scorching sun could deter thousands of mourners who thronged the TPDF cemetery yesterday to pay their last respects to the six-member family that died in a blaze on Saturday night.

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

Tragedy as trainee pilot dies in crash

Pretoria - A 27-year-old trainee pilot has died in a plane crash in north Pretoria, after apparently losing control of his microlight aircraft.
Dawie du Toit, an instructor at the flight school Rosslyn Micro Flyers in Pretoria, was in the air on Sunday morning scouring the landscape for a missing plane, Netwerk24 reported on Monday.
It was his colleague, Marthinus Nel, who noticed the crash scene of one of his students from the air.
"It started burning on impact," said Du Toit.
Adam Khatibu...

 

11 years ago

BBC

Kenyan BBC journalist dies aged 39

Kenya-based BBC broadcast journalist Anne Waithera has died, aged 39, in a Nairobi hospital after a two-year battle against cancer.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Top Kenyan academic Ali Mazrui dies

Renowned Kenyan academic Ali Mazrui dies in the United States aged 81 after being ill for several months.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Jul

ICC pre-trial judge on Kenyan cases dies

>Justice Hans-Peter Kaul, the German judge who wrote a dissenting opinion on Kenya’s cases in the pre-trial phase at The Hague, has died.

 

10 years ago

Huffington Post

26 May

Tragedy follows tragedy in Pakistan: When will it ever end?

Tragedy follows tragedy in Pakistan: When will it ever end?
Huffington Post
"Any Muslim who kills another person in the name of Allah is not a true Muslim" says Moez Virani, a Bay Area executive and long time supporter of humanitarian causes around the world. "A senseless attack on a peaceful community of Ismaili Muslims in ...
Not all Muslims are the sameOn Line opinion
Muslim migrants must be ready to make concessionsThe Australian (blog)

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11 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Jan

Man and his three children die in fire

Four members of the same family have died after their house caught fire as they slept in Ulanga District.

 

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