1. Egyptian authorities say that five people have died in an apartment building in its capital, Cairo, collapsed in the early hours of Saturday.

At least 24 others were reportedly injured during the building collapse, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported.

“The governorate’s crisis room was informed at 3:00 am (01:00 GMT) of the collapse of a building consisting of a basement, a ground floor and nine (upper) floors.” The Cairo governorate said in a statement.

The administrative head of Cairo governorate, Khalid Abdel-Al said that rescue workers were searching for any survivors trapped under the rubble of the building in the el-Salam neighbourhood.

Although the cause of the collapse has not yet been discovered, Abdel-Al added that an engineering committee was formed to examine the structural integrity of the neighbouring building.

The Voice of Nigeria reports that the police have cordoned off the area to prevent people apparently looking for relatives in the building from disrupting the response unit and other workers who were seen using bulldozers to clear away debris.