LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Nearly 200 passengers reportedly went missing Friday after a boat capsized in Nigeria, officials and local residents said. The boat carrying women, traders, and farmers capsized along the Dambo-Ebuchi stretch of River Niger in north-central Niger State, local residents told Anadolu. Ibrahim Musa, a resident and trad...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA)- Twenty-two people were killed after two boats carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, an official said Saturday. Somali Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union Abdullahi Warfa told state-run Radio Mogadishu that the boats were carrying 70 passengers — all Somali nationals....
KANO, Nigeria (AA) — At least 150 people are missing after a boat capsized in western Nigeria, officials have reported. The incident occurred in the Mokwa region of Nigeria, said Abdullahi Baba, director general of the emergency agency of Niger state. According to Baba, the boat carried about 300 persons on their way to attend […]
As many as 26 Rohingya refugees drowned when their boat capsized while fleeing violence in Burma. This latest disaster underscores the deepening crisis for the Rohingya. The Muslim minority is trapped in the conflict between Burma’s military and the Arakan Army insurgents. Witnesses reported that the boat, overcrowded with 30 passengers, sank ...
