{
  "id": 15999397,
  "title": "Cameroon: Cameroon's Eseka Rail Disaster Survivors Still Waiting for Justice, 10 Years On",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/cameroon-cameroons-eseka-rail-disaster-survivors-still-waiting-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T04:45:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610220005.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ten years after Cameroon's deadliest rail disaster claimed 79 lives and injured over 500, survivors are still grappling with severe injuries, unpaid compensation, and unresolved convictions. The Camrail train was en route from Yaoundé to Douala when it derailed near Eseka, about 100 kilometers from the capital, on October 21, 2016. The investigation revealed that the train was traveling at 96 kilometers per hour on a 40 kilometer per hour limit, it was overloaded, and had defective braking systems due to inappropriate addition of extra carriages and carriage with defects. Survivors like Eugenie, now 39, still live with multiple fractures and memory loss, unable to perform daily tasks independently. The notary's husband, Thomas Dissak, still waits for justice as his daughter's body has never been found, despite a recent investigation by experts, Camrail, and the Ministry of Transport. Camrail and 11 of its employees were found guilty in 2018 of involuntary manslaughter and causing unintentional injuries. The former managing director received a six-month suspended sentence, while other officials and the train driver received lesser sentences. Despite the court's decision, many families remain unsatisfied with the compensation awarded, and some payments have yet to be made.",
  "summary": "[RFI] A decade after Cameroon's deadliest rail disaster killed 79 people and injured more than 500, survivors are still living with serious injuries, some compensation remains unpaid and an appeal against the convictions over the crash has yet to be heard. RFI spoke to survivors still living with the consequences of the disaster and to the husband of a woman whose body has never been found.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}