Cargo Plane Crashes in Route to Somalia

Mar 9 - African Union peacekeepers are among 11 people feared dead after a cargo plane carrying supplies to Somalia crashed in Uganda's Lake Victoria.


Ugandan officials said the Soviet-era jet caught fire shortly after taking off from the country's main Entebbe airport before coming down in Lake Victoria near Bugunga island.

A search and rescue effort is underway but officials say there is little hope of finding any survivors. Three senior Burundian army officers were on board.

Helen Long reports.