Friday, 25 December 2020

Boat capsizes on Uganda's Lake Albert, leaving 26 dead

Twenty-one people rescued after sinking in high winds, with official saying no more survivors expected

At least 26 people died when their boat sank on Lake Albert, which marks the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugandan officials have said.

The boat was carrying passengers between two Ugandan locations in the lake’s north-east on Wednesday when it “hit a strong wind” and went under water, local official Ashraf Oromo said on Friday.

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