Accidents

Uganda has suspended all school trips after a bus carrying pupils crashed in Kapchorwa District, killing 20 children and one adult.

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has confirmed the death of Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima in the crash of a military aircraft, that went missing on Monday. Chilima and 9 other passengers on board were killed on impact.

About 34 bodies of the 45 people who died in a bus crash on Thursday in Limpopo were retrieved, with only nine of them being identifiable. The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Interpol National Centre Bureau (NCB) office has confirmed that all passengers were Botswana nationals heading to St Engenas ZCC church.

The men's marathon world record holder, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a road in western Kenya on Sunday.

More details have emerged about the accident that left DJ Black Coffee seriously injured, with a reputable aviation publication stating that a hard landing and tail strike were the reasons behind the rare occurrence that landed the South African superstar in hospital.

Police in South Africa have opened a case of culpable homicide over the accident that led to the death of legendary theatre doyen Mbongeni Ngema (68).

Legendary South African musician, composer, choreographer and playwright Mbongeni Ngema (68) has died in a car crash.

Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, was on Wednesday involved in a fatal car crash that killed two of his aides.

An explosion that ignited a fire at a petrol station in the Nigerian commercial capital, Lagos, has killed at least eight people, and has destroyed at least 25 homes, 16 shops and a primary school, the State Emergency Management Agency (Sema) has said.

Wreckage at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed NBA great Kobe Bryant and eight others showed no evidence of engine failure, a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Friday.