At least 24 people have been killed and 36 injured in a collision between a bus and lorry in Burkina Faso, officials say, AFP news agency reports.
The collision happened at around midnight on the main road between the capital, Ouagadougou and the western city of Bobo-Dioulasso, the agency quotes officials as saying.
Twenty-eight of the 36 wounded are said to be in a critical condition, reports the BBC.