More than 150 feared drowned in Nigeria boat disaster
by AFP in Kano from World news | The Guardian on (#5JA6P)
Overloaded vessel sank in the Niger River with four confirmed dead, according to local officials
More than 150 people were missing and feared drowned in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sank in the Niger River, local officials said.
The boat was travelling between central Niger state and Wara in north-west Kebbi state when it went down, National Inland Waterways Authority local manager Yusuf Birma told reporters.
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