The flight that crashed in Nigeria’s largest city of Lagos, killing all 153 people on board, reported both of its engines having failed before it went down, the civil aviation chief said on Monday. It was not yet clear what caused the Dana...
A passenger plane carrying nearly 150 people crashed into a densely populated part of Lagos on Sunday, in what looked like a major disaster in Nigeria’s commercial hub. There was no official word on casualties but the likelihood of finding...
Mauritius has said it will receive and try suspected pirates captured by British forces patrolling the Indian Ocean under an agreement with the United Kingdom. The Indian Ocean nation’s Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam is expected to...
President Jacob Zuma sent condolences to Nigeria after more than 150 people were killed in a plane crash, the department of international relations said on Monday. “We join the government and the people of Nigeria in mourning this tragic loss...