A Passenger Ferry Has Capsized on Sudan’s Nile, Leaving at Least 15 Dead, a Medical Group Says
At least 15 people died after a ferry carrying around 27 passengers capsized on the Nile River, highlighting poor safety and slow rescue response, Sudan Doctors Network said.
- On February 12, 2026, a passenger ferry capsized in Shendi district, northern Nile River province, Sudan, killing at least 15 people, the Sudan Doctors Network said.
- Such tragedies on overloaded boats are common in Sudan, where safety measures are often disregarded, the Sudan Doctors Network, a medical group tracking the country's war, reported.
- Rescue teams recovered at least 15 bodies, while residents and rescue teams continued searching for at least six other people, and six survivors were reported.
- The Sudan Doctors Network urged authorities to deploy specialized rescue teams and equipment to accelerate search efforts as six survivors highlight urgent medical and rescue needs.
- The ferry carried at least 27 people, including women and children, and sank in Shendi in northern Nile River province.
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Sudan - At Least 15 Drown in Nile Ferry Tragedy
Shendi, River Nile State -- Doctors in Sudan have confirmed that 15 people drowned, and six others are still missing, after a ferry boat carrying at least 27 people sank in the Nile between the areas of Taiba Al-Khawad and Dim Al-Qrai in Shendi locality in River Nile state on Wednesday evening.
Sudanese boat accident on the Nile on February 11, 2026: a barge sank in northern Sudan, at least 21 people died, rescue continues.
At least 21 drown in Nile boat sinking in Sudan
At least 21 people drowned when a boat sank in the Nile River in northern Sudan, according to the local state government and eyewitnesses interviewed by AFP. River Nile State said Thursday that 21 bodies had been recovered after the accident, listed their names and warned that some passengers were still missing. The boat was crossing the river between the villages of Tayba al-Khawad and Deim al-Qarai, according to the local government's statemen…
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