Death toll approaches 100 in blasts at barracks in Equatorial Guinea

Smoke rising over the blast site at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea (AP)

The death toll from a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea rose by dozens to at least 98 killed after more bodies were recovered, the government said.

The blasts on Sunday in the Mondong Nkuantoma neighbourhood of the coastal city of Bata also wounded at least 615 people, authorities said.