Gabon ferry sinks, three dead, 25 missing, new report says

Gabon: Ferry shipwreck leaves three dead and 34 missing

The ship was carrying cargo and passengers, and was connecting Libreville, the country's capital, to the oil port of Port-Gentil. 124 people were rescued.

Gabon ferry sinks, three dead, 25 missing, new report says

A body has been recovered and two more people rescued from the waters, raising the death toll to three and 25 missing in the sinking of a small ferry Thursday off the Gabonese capital Libreville, according to a new government report Friday.

2 dead, 28 missing in mini-ferry sinking

The sinking of a mini -ferry in Gabon, depart­ing from Libreville to reach Port-Gentil, has left “at least two people dead and 28 missing,” a port authority official who wished to remain anony­mous told AFP on Thursday. After the departure of the passenger ship, “the crew reported an ingress of water between 3:00 and 4:00 am,” the company Royal Cost Marine said on Thursday morning on its Facebook page. “This intrusion resulted in a loss of contr…