At least 15 migrants drown off coast of Senegal capital Dakar
Dakar, SenegalReuters At least 15 people drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal’s capital Dakar on Monday, Senegal’s President Macky Sall said on Monday. The incident occurred offshore from one of the country’s popular beaches in the Ouakam area in the early hours of Monday. Locals remove fuel containers from […]
Four dead as boat sinks in Bangladesh’s Buriganga river
Reuters At least four people died after a boat carrying 20 people sank in Bangladesh’s Buriganga river near the capital Dhaka on Sunday, a fire service official said. Divers continue the rescue operation after a boat sank with people onboard in Buriganga River near Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 16th July, 2023. PICTURE: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain Most […]
Spain rescues boat with 86 migrants, hundreds likely still missing
Madrid, SpainReuters Spanish maritime rescue that dispatched a plane and a ship to search for a fishing vessel from Senegal with about 200 migrants on board and missing for nearly two weeks, on Monday discovered what appears to be a different migrant boat. The reconnaissance plane spotted a boat 114 kilometres to the south of […]
Nigeria boat accident kills 50 people, several missing
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters At least 50 people drowned and several others were missing after an overloaded boat capsized in Nigeria’s north central region, residents and state officials said on Tuesday. The wooden boat was ferrying people across a river to Kwara state after a wedding ceremony in neighbouring Niger state when it capsized on Monday […]
At least 10 children killed in Pakistan as boat capsizes
Peshawar, PakistanReuters At least 10 children were killed on Sunday when a boat carrying religious school students capsized in north-west Pakistan, officials said. Around eight students were still missing while seven injured had been taken to hospital, according to local officials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where the accident took place. People and rescue workers gather […]
Death toll in Nigeria boat capsize tragedy rises to 76
Lagos, NigeriaReuters The death toll from a boat accident in Nigeria’s south-eastern state of Anambra has risen to 76, the President said on Sunday. The vessel capsized on Friday amid heavy flooding in the Ogbaru area of Anambra, according to officials on Saturday, when they said at least 10 people had died and 60 were […]
Families mourn as at least 76 die on Lebanon migrant boat
Tripoli, LebanonReuters At least 76 people died when the migrant boat they were aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon this week, the Lebanese transport minister said, as search operations continued on Friday. It marks the deadliest such voyage yet from Lebanon, where mounting economic desperation has led many to board often […]
At least 17 dead after boat carrying Haitian migrants capsizes in The Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas Reuters Seventeen people died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian migrants capsized off the coast of The Bahamas, authorities said on Sunday, as more Haitians attempt to reach the United States to flee gang violence and poverty at home. Rescue teams recovered the bodies of 17 people, including an infant, and 25 […]
This Life: Jesus is in our boat
SAMANTHA ELLEY writes about how, even as her life turned upside-down thanks to floods, she’s felt assured “Jesus is taking every muddy step with us”…
Boat carrying 200 people capsizes in Nigeria
Kaduna, NigeriaReuters A boat ferrying about 200 people capsized in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi on Wednesday but the number of casualties remains unclear, a state spokesman said. The wooden boat capsized near Wara, a town on the shores of Kainji Lake, part of the Niger River, said Yahaya Sarki, a spokesman the governor […]