Survivors of 2014 Eseka rail disaster await compensation and legal outcomes

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On 21 October 2016, a Camrail train traveling from Yaoundé to Douala derailed near Eseka, Cameroon, resulting in 79 deaths and over 500 injuries. An investigation attributed the disaster to excess speed—96 km/h in a 40 km/h zone—along with train overloading, the addition of carriages with defective brakes, and management's disregard for the driver's…

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