AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoTragedy on Fogo Island: A passenger bus carrying 32 people plunged about 30 metres into a ravine on Cabo Verde’s Fogo Island, killing at least 25, mostly children and teenagers, with several others injured, some seriously. National Mourning: The government has declared two days of mourning, with flags at half-mast and public events canceled, after funerals began and coffins were displayed on the island. Leadership Response: President José Maria Neves attended services and called the crash “a great catastrophe,” while Prime Minister Francisco Carvalho said a crisis response team and a medical team were sent to support Fogo and that an inquiry has been ordered. What We Know So Far: Authorities say the outing was an annual trip arranged by the bus driver (who was among the dead) after school-term transport, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation. International Condolences: Angola’s president João Lourenço also sent condolences to Neves and the Cabo Verdean people.
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