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14 dead, at least 150 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria

  • An overloaded boat returning from an Islamic festival capsized in northwestern Nigeria, leaving more than 100 people, mostly women and children, missing, according to authorities.
  • The boat, with a capacity of 100, had about 300 passengers onboard when it overturned in Niger state's Mokwa district on Monday night.
  • So far, rescue workers have recovered 11 bodies and rescued 150 people, while the search for additional survivors continues.
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At least 50 people were killed in a boat accident on Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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At least 60 dead in Nigeria boat accident, official says

At least 60 people were killed after a boat carrying mostly women and children returning from a religious festival in Nigeria's northern Niger state capsized this week, a local official said.

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