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                  Mall Collapses in Nigeria; at Least 1 Killed

   by VOA News

   A shopping mall under construction in southwestern Nigeria collapsed
   Friday, killing at least one person and injuring several others.

   Ibrahim Farinloye, southwest coordinator for Nigeria's National
   Emergency Management Agency, tells VOA there were 15 construction
   workers in the building at the time of its collapse.

   He says all were rescued alive but one died on the way to the
   hospital.  Eight others were injured.

   Rescue workers searched the debris for other survivors after the
   four-story building in Abeokuta, the capital of Nigeria's Ogun state,
   caved in Friday morning.

   Farinloye says the cause is unknown and will be investigated.

   Building collapses are a common problem across Africa, mostly caused by
   cost-cutting and poor construction.

   Last month, more than 50 people were killed in the collapse of an
   six-story apartment building in Nairobi, Kenya.  The building had been
   condemned by local authorities but the order to evacuate was ignored.

   Since then, the Kenyan government has begun to demolish other condemned
   buildings.

   ^Chris Stein contributed to this story from Lagos
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