Death toll in Mali bus accident rises to 40

The death toll in a bus accident near the southern Malian town of Kenieba on Tuesday (Feb 27) has risen to 40, Burkina Faso's government said in a statement Thursday, adding that its citizens were among the dead.

Mali's transport ministry said on Tuesday that at least 31 people were killed when a bus bound for Burkina Faso plunged off a bridge over a river.

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