Tag: boat accident, Libya, migrants
Five migrants dead, 20 missing in Libya boat accident
The bodies of five migrants including a Moroccan child were recovered off Libya’s coast Tuesday while up to 20 others were missing after a Europe-bound boat...
17 football players, fans die in Uganda boat accident
No fewer than 17 people are feared dead after heavy winds overturned a boat carrying local football players and their fans on a lake in Uganda, Police said on Monday....
43 missing in Niger boat accident
No fewer than 43 people have been declared missing after a boat travelling from Gori-Beri in the Republic of Benin to Ouna in Niger sank in the Niger River early...
PHOTOS: Uganda boat accident death toll climbs to 33
Ugandan police on Monday said the death toll from a boat accident on Lake Victoria over the weekend has risen to 33, as survivors described moments of heavy drinking and...
Uganda: Boat accident death toll climbs to 33
Ugandan police on Monday said the death toll from a boat accident on Lake Victoria over the weekend has risen to 33, as survivors described moments of heavy...
110 dead in Mediterranean boat accident
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Monday said over 110 people could have died when a migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast at the weekend. “In...
Four die in Ogun boat accident
No fewer than four persons died on Wednesday in a boat accident at Akere in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun. Several others were said to be missing after the...
27 students die in boat accident
No fewer than 27, people mostly students, have been killed and 54 others missing after an overcrowded boat sank in a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A local...
River Niger boat accident death toll rises to nine
The death toll from the River Niger boat accident that occurred on Friday has increased to nine with 25 people still missing and 26 rescued, officials have said. The...
Seven die, 136 missing in River Niger boat accident
No fewer than seven people have died and seven hospitalized in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi when a boat carrying 150 passengers returning from Malali Market...
BREAKING NEWS: Eight dead, ‘many’ missing migrant boat accident
At least eight people died and “many” more are missing after the latest migrant boat dramas in the Mediterranean, Italy’s coastguard and the Italian...
Corps member feared dead in boat mishap in Bayelsa community
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member is feared drowned in a boat accident on Thursday in Okpotuwari Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa....
