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Nigeria: Over 40 Missing After Boat Accident

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Nigeria: Over 40 Missing After Boat Accident
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More than 40 people are missing after a boat accident on a river in northwestern Nigeria. Rescuers from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) are trying to locate the missing.

The boat, carrying over 50 passengers to a market, sank in Sokoto State. So far, about ten people have been rescued.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing.

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Source: protothema.gr