The other oil tanker accidents from Africa really underline the fact that these things just happen there and it's smaller news then, say, the BP spill.
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- October 2009: At least 70 people burnt to death when tanker explodes in Anambra state, Nigeria, setting fire to minibuses
- November 2008: Tanker overturns and explodes in Ghana, killing at least 22 as people scoop up fuel
- August 2008: Similar incident kills dozens of villagers in explosion in northern Cameroon
- January 2008: Dozens of people reported dead as tanker explodes near Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- March 2007: Up to 100 dead in blast after trying to collect fuel from broken-down tanker in Nigeria's Kaduna State
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