Stampedes during three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children.

At least 67 people died in separate Christmas charity stampedes across Nigeria over the last week, sparking shock and sorrow among the leadership of the Catholic Church.

The victims collapsed in crowd surges as people grew desperate for Christmas church food handouts during the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.View on euronews