EIGHTEEN people died and 39 were injured when a bus hit a crowd as it swerved to avoid the presidential motorcade in Tanzania. The accident happened on the outskirts of Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria. Drivers in Tanzania are expected to pull over when the presidential motorcade passes. The brakes of the bus failed and it hit people who were waiting to wave at the president, said a witness, adding that if the bus had not hit the bystanders, it would have crashed into the motorcade of President Benjamin Mkapa, who was on the campaign trail in western Tanzania ahead of October’s general elections. The president’s entourage helped take the injured to hospital. – Reuters