People attend an interfaith religious ceremony held near the train derailment site in Eseka, Cameroon October 24, 2016 in remembrance for those killed when a passenger train derailed. REUTERS/Stringer
YAOUNDE/ESEKA, Cameroon (Reuters) - Cameroon observed a day of mourning on Monday for victims of a deadly rail accident that has killed at least 75 people and exposed widespread frustration with one of Africa's longest-ruling presidents.
At the Eseka train station near where a packed passenger train carrying more than 1,300 people from Yaounde to the port of Douala derailed and flipped over last week, thousands of people gathered to mourn.
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