By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
Spanish authorities are continuing to identify the 69 victims of the collision between two high-speed trains. Families are still searching for missing relatives by sharing their photos and clothing on social media, reports France 24 Afrique, on the second day of national mourning.
A collision between two high-speed trains near Urda, south of Madrid, killed 69 people and injured dozens, according to regional authorities cited by IOL and France 24. The crash happened on Wednesday morning when a Renfe train hit a stationary Iryo train; it is Spain’s second such accident this year, France 24 reports.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: IOL ·
Guinea-Bissau’s transitional Prime Minister, Ilídio Vieira Té, offered his condolences to Spain after a collision between two high-speed trains killed 69 people and injured dozens. In an official message, he expressed his government’s solidarity with the victims and their families, according to the ANG news agency.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: ANG ·
Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente refuses to resign despite calls for him to step down after a train crash that killed 69 people in Toledo province. The second deadly high-speed rail accident in Spain this year has renewed criticism of the government, reports France 24.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: France 24 ·
The Spanish Embassy in Tunisia observed a minute’s silence in tribute to the victims of the rail disaster near Urda, Spain. The diplomatic mission also thanked Tunisians for their messages of solidarity with the bereaved families in a post published on 29 October on Facebook.
🇪🇸 Spain · Source: Business News ·
Joint operation evacuates residents from occupied Oleshky, UkraineStarving and exhausted residents of Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine, were evacuated on Friday 30 October as part of a joint humanitarian operation. It was the first operation of its kind since the war began four years and eight months ago, reports France 24.
Cape Verde plans 12 kidney transplantsCape Verde plans six kidney transplants in November at Agostinho Neto Hospital in Praia, followed by six more in December at Baptista de Sousa Hospital in São Vicente. Health Minister Lúcio Fernandes wants to strengthen national expertise, while dialysis costs more than 300 million escudos a year in consumables, reports Expresso das Ilhas.The week in Africa
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