- A military plane carrying soldiers and their families crashed soon after takeoff in a farm field in northern Algeria on Wednesday, killing 257 people in what appeared to be the worst plane crash in the North African nation's history. Local media reported that the plane crashed just after taking off. Emergency services converged on the area near the Boufarik military base after the crash. The Soviet-designed Il-76 military transport plane crashed in an agricultural zone with no residents, Achour said. The Algerian military operates several of the planes.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 11, 2018 12:11 UTC