At least 30 people have been killed in a stampede at a stadium in the Malian capital of Bamako

Seventy others were injured in the incident, which occurred at the end of a sermon given by imam Osman Madani Haidara. The stampede happened at the Modibo Keita Stadium, which seats 25,000. The crowd reportedly wanted to be blessed by the imam after the speech, made on the festival of Maouloud, the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. Most of the dead were crushed against metal fencing as they waited.