W
World News
Guest
Nearly 100 people were on Thursday feared dead in the Central African Republic after a boat caught fire and sank on a river in the strife-torn country, officials said Thursday. The heavily laden vessel was carrying an estimated 100 people down the Oubangui River from the capital Bangui when the fire broke out near the village of Modale. A naval official said at least 80 people were on board the New Jerusalem when it left Bangui, 125 kilometres (77 miles) upstream from where it came to grief. Only one body has so far been found, he said, that of a "child who is being taken back to Bangui with his mother, one of the few survivors.
Continue reading...
Continue reading...
