The Stampede that left at least 85 dead and more than 322 injured in Sanaa on Thursday, during a charity event in the Yemeni capital, is among the deadliest crowd movements of the past ten years. Africa is unfortunately not left out. Mecca: 2,300 dead On September 24, 2015, a gigantic stampede at the site of the stoning of the stelae in Mina near Mecca, during the annual pilgrimage, left some 2,300 people dead, the deadliest disaster in the history of the Hajj. Iran, which announced the death of 464 of its pilgrims, had implicated Saudi Arabia for its organization deemed faulty. Pilgrims have explained the stampede by the closure of a road near the site of the stoning and the mismanagement by the security forces of the flow of the faithful. After Iran, Mali – with 282 dead – is the second most affected country. South Korea: 159 dead On the night of October 29-30, 2022, 159

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