The victims, mostly women and children, were drowned while travelling on a wooden boat in the Nigerian state of Niger in the Mokwa district.
Boat disasters are common in the African nation where locally-made vessels are commonly used for transport. Photo: AP Archive
The victims, mostly women and children, drowned on Sunday while travelling on the wooden boat in the Nigerian state of Niger in the Mokwa district.
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