Eight people – including seven children – have died in a stampede ahead of a football match in Malawi.
Dozens more were injured in the crush at Lilongwe’s Bingu national stadium.
The stampede happened as thousands of people rushed for seats ahead of a friendly between top sides Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers.
Despite the deaths, the match did go ahead in a packed stadium, although President Peter Mutharika did not attend as planned.
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He offered his condolences and said the government would do all it could to assist the families of the bereaved.
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