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A cargo plane chartered by the United Nations crashed while landing on the airfield in El-Barde in south-west Somalia. One crew member died in the accident on Thursday and two others were injured, the UN mission in Somalia said. The aircraft, which was carrying aid supplies from the World Food Programme (WFP), veered off the runway, it added. Regional airports in Somalia fail to meet international standards, and images of the incident posted on social media showed the aircraft, which was badly damaged at the front, on a sand and gravel runway. The country’s south-western region has been heavil…

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