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14 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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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…
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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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