More than 70 mine workers are feared dead in Tanzania after the area they were mining flooded following heavy rains.
The rescue effort, which has largely been left to colleagues of the trapped men, has been hampered by a lack of equipment.
From Mererani in northeastern Tanzania, Yvonne Ndege reports for Al Jazeera.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."