22 children dead in Nile boat accident: Sudan media
Two Sudanese men get off a motorboat in the Nile River in the capital Khartoum on May 18, 2010. At least 22 children drowned on August 15, 2018 when their boat sank in the Nile while they were on their way to school. AFP PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY
At least 22 Sudanese children drowned on Wednesday when their boat sank in the Nile while they were on their way to school, official media said.
A woman also died when the vessel went down around 750 kilometres north of the capital Khartoum with more than 40 children on board, the SUNA news agency reported.
