### [2026-05-1](/feed/2026/05/1/index.md)

##### Otjiwarongo
# Eleven people are killed after a passenger bus carrying medical staff and patients collided head-on with a truck near Otjiwarongo, Namibia. 




### Sources:

1. [Xinhua](https://english.news.cn/africa/20260501/2678d80da5b449679a6b135949f2730b/c.html)

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