29 CHILDREN KILLED AFTER SCHOOL STAMPEDE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

29 children who were taking their school exams in the Central African Republic have been killed in a crush after a nearby explosion caused panic

The blast, on the second day of the high-school finals had occurred at an electricity transformer

The noise of the explosion, combined with smoke” caused alarm among the almost 6,000 students sitting the baccalaureate at a school in the capital, Bangui

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has declared a period of national mourning.