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Equatorial Guinea: Trial for the death of over 100 people

Two soldiers are on trial over the death of more than a hundred people in Equatorial Guinea in March. Another six-hundred people were injured in the massive explosion at an army barracks in Bata.

Stocks of explosives were accidentally set off when the men allegedly lit a fire which got out of control. Some of the bodies still have not been able to be identified and compensation for the victims' families remain uncertain.

Lucas Olo Fernandes is a regional expert and is from Equatorial Guinea.

(Picture: damage from the explosion in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, March 2021. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

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