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, Pakistan Reuters 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 […]