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  2. South Africa ends rescue efforts at collapsed building and ...

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    May 17, 2024 at 9:58 AM. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa ended ...

  3. Apartment building collapse in George - Wikipedia

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    75 Victoria St, Dormehls Drift, George, South Africa. Coordinates. 23°58′33″S 28°32′7″E. /  23.97583°S 28.53528°E  / -23.97583; 28.53528. Deaths. 34. Non-fatal injuries. 16. On 6 May 2024, an apartment building collapsed while under construction in George, South Africa, resulting in 34 deaths.

  4. Hope fades for dozens missing days after South Africa ... - AOL

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    Hope was fading Friday for dozens of construction workers buried for days in the rubble of a building that collapsed in South Africa as the death toll rose to 12 and more than 40 remained missing.

  5. Rescue effort for dozens missing in South Africa building ...

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    May 13, 2024 at 5:54 AM. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead Monday with efforts to find any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment ...

  6. East African Community - Wikipedia

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    The East African Community ( EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of eight countries in East Africa. The member states are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Federal Republic of Somalia, the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. [5] Salva Kiir Mayardit, the president of South Sudan, is the ...

  7. List of countries by Fragile States Index - Wikipedia

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    The table below shows the FSI for 2023, [5] with comparisons of each country's current score to previous years' indices. [6] A higher score (with a maximum of 120) indicates a weaker, more vulnerable, or more fragile situation in the country. ^ a b Prior to the 2021 index, Israel and Palestine (West Bank) were scored as a single state.

  8. Great Depression in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Great Depression had a pronounced economic and political effect on South Africa, as it did on most nations at the time. As world trade slumped, demand for South African agricultural and mineral exports fell drastically. It is believed that the social discomfort caused by the depression was a contributing factor in the 1933 split between the ...

  9. Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has declined drastically around the 1980s, [15] despite being home to vast potential in natural resources and mineral wealth; their gross domestic product is $69.474 billion as of 2023. During the last five reported years the exports of ...