World · 2026-10-22 · Morning briefing

Cameroon rail disaster victims await justice a decade on

A decade after Cameroon’s deadliest rail disaster killed 79 people and injured over 500, many survivors are still awaiting full compensation and a final legal resolution. The Camrail train derailed near the town of Eseka on October 21st 2016, while travelling between the capital, Yaoundé, and Douala.

An official investigation identified multiple failures, concluding the train was overloaded, had defective brakes, and was travelling at 96km/h in a zone with a 40km/h speed limit. In 2018, the operator Camrail and 11 of its employees were convicted of involuntary manslaughter; the train's driver was sentenced to five years in prison.

However, the company immediately appealed the ruling, and that appeal has yet to be heard. Lawyers for the victims maintain that compensation has been inadequate, with some payments still outstanding ten years after the crash.

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• Cameroon's Eseka rail disaster survivors still waiting for justice, 10 years on
• Cameroon train crash kills more than 70, injures 600

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