Cotonou, Benin, Aug 20, 2025 (AFP) - Benin bus accident toll hits 37 after 10 bodies found

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2025-08-20

Rescuers have fished out 10 more bodies from a Beninese river which a bus plunged into at the weekend, bringing the accident's total death toll to 37, authorities told AFP on Wednesday. Six more people are still missing after the bus fell off a bridge into the Oueme river in the night from Saturday to Sunday, said the civil protection authority's director Abdel Aziz Bio Djibril. He added that searches were ongoing for any potential survivors. "On......

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