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At least 50 killed, mostly children, as overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria
By GhanaSummary Newsroom1 min read
At least 50 people, mostly children, died after an overloaded boat capsized on Thursday in Nigeria's northwest Sokoto state, witnesses said.
One local resident said the boat had been carrying farm owners and labourers hired to harvest rice and that more than 70 people had been onboard when it capsized.
In January, at least 25 people died when a leaking boat capsized in Yobe state, northeast Nigeria.
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