Nigeria: plus de 40 personnes disparues dans un accident de bateau
Rescue services are trying to find more than 40 people missing after a boat accident in a river in northwest Nigeria on Sunday evening, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) announced.
The agency said in a statement that the boat, which was carrying more than 50 passengers to a market, capsized on Sunday morning.
"About ten people were rescued, while more than 40 passengers are still missing," NEMA said, adding that the accident occurred in Sokoto State.
Boat accidents are common on Nigeria's poorly regulated waterways due to overloading and poor maintenance, especially during the annual rainy season when rivers and lakes overflow.
At least 16 farmers died in a similar accident in August 2024 in the same state of Sokoto, when a wooden canoe carrying them across a river to their rice fields capsized.
More recently, on July 29, six girls drowned after the boat taking them home from farm work capsized in the middle of the river in Jigawa State (northwest). Two days earlier, at least 13 people were killed in another boat accident in Niger State, in the center of the country.
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En Afrique, ils prennent les voyageurs pour du bétail, entassement en surnombre, bâteaux en mauvais état...la routine....
paix aux disparus.
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