Guinea-Bissau: Nine Dead After the Shipwreck of a Canoe
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Nine people tragically lost their lives in the sinking of a canoe on Wednesday evening off the Bijagos Islands in Guinea-Bissau. 27 people, mainly Guinean traders and Sierra Leoneans, were on the boat. On Wednesday, a canoe capsized off the Bijagos Islands in Guinea-Bissau, resulting in the deaths of nine of the 27 passengers, according to the local press. The alert was given by three rescued passengers, said the same source, adding that the int…
BISSAU, 26 June (Xinhua) — A pirogue was shipwrecked Wednesday evening off the Bijagós Islands, Guinea-Bissau, killing nine of the 27 passengers on board, reports on Thursday the local press quoting witnesses of the tragedy. The alert was given by three passengers unscathed from the shipwreck, said the same source, adding that the intervention of the maritime authorities of Guinea-Bissau allowed to establish that the passengers of the boat came …
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