Mar 9 - African Union peacekeepers are among 11 people feared dead after a cargo plane carrying supplies to Somalia crashed in Uganda's Lake Victoria.
Ugandan officials said the Soviet-era jet caught fire shortly after taking off from the country's main Entebbe airport before coming down in Lake Victoria near Bugunga island.
A search and rescue effort is underway but officials say there is little hope of finding any survivors. Three senior Burundian army officers were on board.
Helen Long reports.
Ugandan civil aviation officials and rescue boats search for the Ilyushin I-76 cargo aircraft that crashed into Lake Victoria shortly after taking off from Entebbe international airport 42 km (26 miles) ...
