Dozens killed in bus transporting schoolchildren in Cape Verde

At least 25 people were killed in a road crash in the African island nation of Cape Verde. The crash occurred on Saturday. The bus was transporting schoolchildren from Curral Grande and Ponta Verde on a field trip. While seven bodies were immediately …

Cape Verde declares two days of mourning for 25 victims of bus crash

Cape Verde began two days of mourning on Sunday for the victims of a bus crash that killed 25 people, most of them children or teenagers. Mourners gathered for the funeral of 18 of the victims on Sunday afternoon. Seven others were buried earlier in the …

Cape Verde bus crash kills 25 schoolchildren

At least 25 people, most of them children and teenagers, were killed when a bus carrying students plunged into a deep ravine on Fogo Island in Cape Verde. The crash took place late Saturday night (September 5) as the bus was returning to São Filipe with 32 …

At least 25 killed in Cape Verde after bus carrying school children plunges 30 metres off cliff

02:39, 07 Sep 2026Updated 02:41, 07 Sep 2026 Residents and relatives of the victims killed in a bus crash gather during their funeral at Sao Lourenco Church(Image: Getty Images) At least 25 people have died after a bus plummeted into a ravine on an island …

25 killed after bus carrying children plunges 30 metres into Cape Verde ravine

At least 25 people, many of them schoolchildren and teenagers, were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine on Fogo, one of Cape Verde's islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa, national news agency Inforpress reported on Sunday. The …

Cape Verde Declares Mourning After Bus Crash

The Government of Cape Verde has declared two days of mourning after 25 people, mostly children and teenagers, were killed in a bus crash on Saturday. Officials said the bus veered off the road and plunged into a deep ravine after an excursion to a village …

Cape Verde in mourning after 25 people, mostly children, killed after bus plunges into ravine

CAPE VERDE’S GOVERNMENT has announced two days of mourning today after 25 people, mostly children and teenagers, were killed in a bus crash. The west African country’s leaders joined a Mass on Sunday at a local church on the island of Fogo, where 18 …

Cape Verde declares mourning for 25 crash victims as Nigeria grows numb to daily deaths

CAPE VERDE has declared two days of national mourning after a bus crash on the island of Fogo killed at least 25 people, most of them children and teenagers. The crash occurred on Saturday evening, September 5, as the bus was returning from an excursion to …

At least 25 killed in Cape Verde bus crash

At least 25 people, most of them teenagers, were killed when a passenger bus crashed on Fogo Island in Cape Verde. The Associated Press reported the crash happened Saturday on the Campanas de Cima route, a mountainous road on the island, and involved a …

At least 25 dead in bus crash in Cape Verde's Fogo Island, officials and media say