INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 37 people have died in a stampede during an army recruitment drive at a stadium in Congo-Brazzaville, the government has said.Some
saying.Last week, the army announced plans to recruit about 1,500 people between the ages of 18 and 25.Many people were injured in the
reports.According to the Associated Press agency, as many as 700 people a day have been registering over the last week at recruitment
centres.Youth unemployment is at around 42% in Congo-Brazzaville, with many young people seeing the army one of the few places where they
Thousands of young people had reportedly gathered outside the stadium on Monday.Local sources have told the BBC the registration process was
organisers, it was to be the last day
