US Edition14 dead, at least 150 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria
- Fourteen people are dead, and more than 100, mostly women and children, are missing after an overloaded boat capsized in northwestern Nigeria while returning from an Islamic festival.
- The boat, designed for 100 passengers, had about 300 onboard when it overturned in Mokwa district along the Niger River.
- At least 150 individuals were rescued by Wednesday morning amid ongoing search efforts, according to Abdullahi Baba-Arah, head of Niger state's emergency services.
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In many places in the Democratic Republic of Congo, people can only travel long distances by ship. But the journey is often dangerous. In Goma, a ferry sinks shortly before docking. Several hundred people are believed to have died when a ship sank in Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, not far from the port of Goma. After initial reports of more than 450 passengers on board the ferry to Goma, official Venant Rugusha Descartes spoke in…
At least three hundred missing. This is the provisional figure for the last sailing tragedy in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which occurred once again in the waters of Lake Kivu. This morning the MV/Merdi boat had departed from Minova in the direction of Goma. It was overloaded: the official figures speak of three hundred passengers, but according to the testimonies of some survivors, there were at least five hundred people on board and a lo…
At least 50 people were killed in a boat accident on Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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