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, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said.

Rescue efforts continued for a third day Monday after a building collapsed and killed at least 13 people in Tanzania’s commercial capital, with the government saying it will push on until all those trapped inside are saved.

Rescue teams in Tanzania say they have managed to establish contact with people who are still trapped a day after a four-storey building collapsed in the biggest city, Dar es Salaam. They are managing to send them supplies of water, glucose and oxygen through small gaps in the debris.

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,

The four-story building collapsed at about 9am in the Kariakoo area of Dar es Salaam on November 16, and emergency teams are rescuing survivors, reports Crisis24. At least 13 people were killed, with several others still trapped inside the building. It's unclear how many people were injured, and the cause is still being investigated.

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.

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