At least 22 students drown after boat sinks in northern Sudan

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Wed, 15 Aug 2018 - 12:48 GMT

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Wed, 15 Aug 2018 - 12:48 GMT

People gather along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea during a search for the victims after a migrant boat capsized in Al-Beheira, Egypt. (REUTERS)

People gather along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea during a search for the victims after a migrant boat capsized in Al-Beheira, Egypt. (REUTERS)

CAIRO - 15 August 2018: At least 22 students drowned on Wednesday when a boat carrying more than 40 people sank while crossing the Nile in northern Sudan, state news agency SUNA said.

Civil defence forces were searching the waters for the missing passengers but had not recovered the bodies, the agency added. A female hospital employee also drowned.

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