The bus was en route to Burkina Faso when the accident occurred at around 1700 local time, the ministry said, adding Malians and citizens of elsewhere in the West African subregion were among the victims.
The ministry said, "the probable cause was the driver's failure to control the vehicle."
Road accidents are more frequent in West Africa, where public transport is often overloaded and poorly regulated.
Africa accounts for approximately one quarter of the world's traffic deaths even though the continent has barely 2% of the world’s vehicle fleet, according to U.N. data released in 2023.
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