A plane has crashed in Tunisia killing all 11 people on-board. The Defence Ministry there says it came down in a field near the capital.

It is reported the plane was Russian-made, specialised in medical transport and was carrying two patients.

News agency Reuters says it was a Libyan military plane carrying medical patients.

It reportedly came down after an engine failure after the pilot tried to land in farmland near Grombalia.

It was the second crash involving a military plane in North Africa in two weeks.

An Algerian military transport plane crashed into a mountain in bad weather last Tuesday killing 77 people.