For Tanzania, the Kariakoo collapse is more than a tragedy; it is a wake-up call. The financial losses, conservatively estimated at over 20bn/- when combining direct and indirect impacts, reveal the high cost of inaction thus underscoring the urgency to rebuild stronger and safer, as the cost of inaction is far too high.

This photo shows a collapsed building in the Kariakoo suburb of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Nov. 16, 2024. Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa announced on Saturday that one person was killed and 28 others were injured when a four-story building collapsed in the Kariakoo suburb of Dar es Salaam,

Rescuers in Tanzania have reached survivors stranded when a building collapsed Saturday in the Kariakoo area of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania's biggest city, killing at least 13.

A man in Tanzania's biggest city, Dar es Salaam, has told the BBC he is waiting to hear news of his mother, who remains trapped two days after a building collapsed. Rescuers have so far pulled 86 people from the rubble alive but 16 are known to have died,

More than 80 people have been rescued from the four-story building that housed dozens of shops and collapsed Saturday morning in Dar Es Salaam. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Sunday that more than 20 people were receiving medical treatment and the government would cover the costs.

Rescuers worked to reach people still trapped in a collapsed building in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Monday, with the death toll rising to 16.

Tanzanian rescue workers dug through the ruins of a collapsed building for a second day on Sunday, hoping to pull survivors from beneath the rubble in a disaster that has