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Home > Sudan: Red Sea boat sinking leaves '197 people dead'

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 03:00
Categories: 
Refugees & forced migration [2]
Issue Number: 
538 [3]
Article-Summary: 

A ship packed with refugees bound for Saudi Arabia has caught fire and capsized off the northeastern coast of Sudan, killing 197 people, the Sudanese Media Centre, a state-linked news agency, has said. The ship had launched from the Red Sea State, one of Sudan's 26 states, and sailed for four hours in Sudanese territorial waters before the blaze broke out, according to the news agency.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
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