Godwin Ajala died saving others. Photo: Block Club Chicago

Remembering Godwin Ajala, 9/11 Nigerian hero who died saving others from burning WTC

Life Style Sep 17
it was a global cry on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when two hijacked passenger airliners crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan.
Heavy flooding has affected 500,000 people in central South Sudan
Floods 'affect hundreds of thousands' in South Sudan
Life Style Sep 17
Heavy flooding has affected 500,000 people in central South Sudan, according to the UN mission in the country
Heavy rains on Friday caused the artisanal gold mine to cave in burying those working underground
Survivor recalls horror after Congo mine collapse
Life Style Sep 14
Kinyenye Furaha passed out from shock when he realised a mine collapse in eastern Congo had buried more than 50 fellow miners including his brother, he said on Sunday, as the hunt continued for bodies two days after the disaster.
CBU staff try to piece Mafishi together after rescuing it from being roasted
Zambia's good-luck fish being stitched up
Life Style Sep 14
The remains of a popular good-luck fish that died two weeks ago, sending Zambians into mourning, are being stitched together after they were found cut in pieces at the residence of a worker at Copperbelt University (CBU) in the mining city of Kitwe.
The abduction in 2014 caused international outrage
Chibok students sit exams for first time since abduction
Life Style Sep 12
Students in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been taking secondary school exams there for the first time since more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.
Ethiopian Orthodox devotees held a procession on the eve of the Ethiopian New Year
Ethiopia 'bans fireworks in new year celebrations'
Life Style Sep 11
Police in Ethiopia have banned fireworks during Friday's New Year's celebrations citing a terror threat, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting has reported.
Nearly 100 people have died after torrential rains
Sudan floods pose threat to archaeological sites
Life Style Sep 09
High levels of annual floodwater on the Nile River have threatened to engulf important archaeological sites north of Sudan's capital, Khartoum.