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 32 people were killed in crowd crushes at two separate charity events in Nigeria on Saturday, police have reported.

Horrific stampedes at two Christmas charity events in Nigeria have resulted in the tragic deaths of 32 people, including four children. The stampedes occurred in Okija, Anambra State, and in Abuja, as desperate crowds scrambled for food amid the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.