Twenty-five people have been killed in a collision between a packed minibus and a bus in northern Senegal, the emergency services have said, AFP news agency reports.

The passengers in the minibus were on their way to the annual pilgrimage of the Mourides, a Sufi Muslim brotherhood sect, in the central city of Tourba, it adds.

The vehicle was only meant to carry 14 people, the agency said, but 27 passengers were on board at the time of the collision, 24 of whom were killed.

The 25th death was the driver.

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