9 dead, dozens missing as boat sinks off Guinea: official
CONAKRY: At least nine people died and dozens more were missing early Friday after an overcrowded wooden boat went down off the south coast of Guinea, official said.The long thin pirogue boat had 69...
October 11, 2014
The long thin pirogue boat had 69 passengers aboard when it left the port of Farmoriah for a weekly market further along the coast.
"It capsized at sea not far from (the market town of) Benty, leaving nine dead while 18 escaped," the national navigation agency said in a statement read on television.
