Authorities in Benin Republic say the death toll from a bus accident has risen to 37 after rescuers recovered 10 more bodies from the Oueme River. The crash happened overnight from Saturday to Sunday when the bus plunged off a bridge.
The head of the civil protection authority, Abdel Aziz Bio Djibril, said six passengers remain missing, while nine survivors are being treated in hospital. Search operations are continuing.
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The STM company bus had departed from Lomé, the capital of neighbouring Togo, carrying 52 passengers. It was travelling on the Interstate 2 highway, which links Cotonou in the south to Malanville on the Niger border.
Officials say the passengers included Nigeriens, Beninese and other foreign nationals. Many Nigeriens had been travelling north despite a border dispute between Niger and Benin that has disrupted cross-border movement.
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