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Incidents under-reported in the UK media
Incidents of death or disaster which have not been fully reported.
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Logging suspended in Philippines
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has suspended logging and vowed punishment for law-breakers as the country reels from four deadly storms in two weeks. (BBC, 5 Dec 2004)
Timeline: Africa's ferry disasters
More than 200 people have died in two separate boat accidents in Africa this week - 40 in Zambia and 163 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC, 27 Nov 2003)
White hot heat wave kills 430 people
A heat wave with temperatures rising to 47C in a southern Indian state has killed at least 430 people. (Ananova, 27 May 2003)
Congo massacre 'leaves 1,000 dead'
Survivors of a massacre in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told UN human rights investigators that nearly 1,000 civilians were killed last Thursday on the eve of talks to bring peace to the war-ravaged Ituri district. (BBC, 6 Apr 2003)
60 drown as boat capsizes
At least 60 people, including women and children, have drowned when a boat packed with more than 170 passengers capsized in Bangladesh.
Officials said around 100 people swam to safety or were rescued by local villagers when the overcrowded boat sank after hitting a barge near the industrial town of Chatak in Sunamganj district, north-eastern Bangladesh. (Ananova, 5 Apr 2003)
Senegal counts 1,863 ferry victims, one by one
... The sea took Francoise, 20, late one Thursday night in September when the Joola, a boat ferrying three times as many passengers as allowed, capsized into the Atlantic.
By the government's last count, released this month, 1,863 people died as the Joola was en route to the capital, Dakar, putting the sinking among the worst maritime disasters ever. (International Herald Tribune, 21 Feb 2003)
At least 80 feared drowned as boat capsizes
At least 80 people are feared to have drowned after a boat travelling between Somalia and Yemen capsized. (Ananova, 15 Jan 2003)
150 feared dead in ferry capsize
An overcrowded ferry has capsized in western Africa, killing nearly 50 people and leaving more than 100 others missing. About 200 hundred people were pitched into the water when the boat rolled over in Mofa River, Liberia. (Ananova, 16 Dec 2002)
Ivory Coast mass grave triggers war of blame
Terrorized villagers on Saturday showed the burned shops and covered corpses from what appeared to be the worst bloodletting of Ivory Coast's three-month war--a massacre, villagers claim, of 120 unarmed civilians. (Chicago Sun-Times, 8 Dec 2002)
Miss World contenders head for Britain after Nigeria bloodbath
Miss World contestants are preparing to fly into Britain after 100 people were killed and 500 injured during rioting over the pageant in Nigeria. (Ananova, 23 Nov 2002)
US troops saw Afghan slaughter, claims TV documentary
A British documentary claims to have proof that American troops watched the slaughter of thousands of captured Taliban fighters during the Afghan war. (Ananova, 8 Nov 2002)
Death toll rises to almost 1,000 in Senegal sinking
Senegalese authorities say nearly 1,000 are now feared dead in a ferry sinking three days ago. (Ananova, 30 Sep 2002)
Hector Fajardo Abril: This year 117 of us have been killed
I want to acknowledge the support the TUC has given to Colombian trade unions in the critical situation we are facing caused by the pervasive wave of criminal attacks. (Independent, 11 Sep 2002)
More than 100 feared dead in South Korea after typhoon
More than 80 people have been killed and 70 are missing after the biggest typhoon to hit South Korea in 40 years. (Ananova, 2 Sep 2002)
Consolation Money to Train Crash Victims a 'Difficult Task'
Token payments of between Tsh100,000 ($100) and Tsh500,000 ($ 500) are being proposed for victims of the Dodoma train crash in Tanzania, in which up to 200 passengers died three weeks ago. (East African via allAfrica, 15 Jul 2002)
At least 500 dead, 1,600 injured in Iran quake
At least 500 people are reportedly dead and more than 1,600 are injured after an earthquake in northwestern Iran. (Ananova, 22 Jun 2002)
Death toll in Chinese storms could top 500
Rescuers have given up on finding 300 people missing in floods in western China. (Ananova, 18 Jun 2002)
Mozambique mourns rail disaster victims
President Joachim Chissano of Mozambique has declared three days of national mourning for about 200 people who died in a train crash in the south of the country. (BBC, 26 May 2002)
Nigeria plane crash toll reaches 145
The Red Cross report 145 people have died in a plane crash in Nigeria, with the army saying one of the passengers was the country's sports minister. (Ananova, 5 May 2002)
Hundreds missing after Bangladesh ferry disaster
HUNDREDS are feared drowned in southern Bangladesh after a ferry carrying about 500 people sank during stormy weather. (Telegraph, 4 May 2002)
Meningitis death toll now 672
A meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso has now caused 672 deaths from 4,758 cases recorded since January, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday. (IRIN, 1 Apr 2002)
More than 1,000 still missing after Lagos explosions
The Nigerian Red Cross says up to 1,150 people are unaccounted for following explosions at a munitions depot in which 600 people died. (Ananova, 31 Jan 2002)
Algeria turns to clean-up after storms leave hundreds dead
Rescue workers in Algeria are focusing on the clean-up operation now hope has been lost for more survivors of the floods which killed 700 people. (Ananova, 15 Nov 2001)
In pictures: Algerian floods
BBC News Online looks at the devastation caused by Algeria's worst floods in living memory. More than 300 people have been killed. (BBC, 11 Nov 2001)
More than 350 migrants die near Indonesia
More than 350 migrants, most of them Iraqis, have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Indonesia. (Ananova, 22 Oct 2001)
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