### [2026-08-14](/feed/2026/08/14/index.md)

##### Yaounde
# Sixteen people are killed and 40 others injured on the Yaounde-Bafoussam highway after a passenger bus crashed into a parked truck carrying planks in Mbam-et-Inoubou, Cameroon. 




### Sources:

1. [Xinhua](https://english.news.cn/20260814/a2db5088bb1844e391b54cc3f48a8e9e/c.html)

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