Hundreds of people showed up to receive the rice, it said, leading to the crowd crush when people surged forward to try and reach it. Victims of the crush include “women, the elderly ...

A crowd crush at a soccer match in the west African country of Guinea has left at least 56 people dead and many others injured, authorities said Monday. CNN values your feedback 1.

The number of dead from a crowd crush in the south-east town of Okija in Nigeria has risen to 22, police say. It is the third case this week of people being crushed to death at events where free ...

the latest in a spate of such incidents in Africa's most populous country. Saturday's crowd crush in the town of Okija came on the same day a separate stampede outside a church giving food to the ...