Grieving families buried victims of a devastating fire in Bukavu, eastern DRC, on Monday, after the blaze killed at least 29 people, most of them schoolchildren, and injured dozens.

Tragedy has struck the Ohangwena Region after two separate fire incidents claimed the lives of two women.

In the most recent incident at Onhuno, a thirty-two-year-old woman died after allegedly locking herself inside a burning corrugated-iron room on Monday morning.

Hundreds of mourners gathered at Otjiserandu Village in Tsumkwe Constituency to pay their last respects to the late former governor of Otjozondjupa Region and member of Parliament, James Uerikua, and his son Venturo, who tragically died in a car accident over the Easter weekend.

Survivors described scenes of chaos and devastation after a Nigerian Air Force strike hit the Jilli market in a village along the border between Borno and Yobe states on Saturday, leaving more than 100 people feared dead and dozens injured.

The father of the two-year-old, Lydia Namusha, killed at Ohalumbele Village in the Omusati Region, has lamented that the incident left him heartbroken.
 
The toddler was allegedly murdered by Juuso Namusha's girlfriend, Hilma Hiskia, out of jealousy last week Friday.
 

More than 90 buffaloes died by drowning early on Tuesday morning, after trampling on each other near Kavimba Village at Kabulabula in Zambezi's Kabbe North.

A young man, reported to have been mentally unstable, allegedly jumped from the sixth floor of Katutura Hospital over the weekend and died instantly in what authorities suspect to be suicide.

The family of one of the five survivors of a tragic accident that claimed 14 lives says they remain shocked over the tragedy, attributing her survival to God's mercy. 

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the tragic death of 14 people has left a void that will not be easily filled and extended condolences to the families.

The police have confirmed that six people died in a house fire at Usakos early this morning.

A grandmother, an adult woman, and four children lost their lives in the incident.

The police forensic team has arrived at the scene to investigate, as the cause of the fire remains unknown at this stage.