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Added on the 26/05/2021 22:43:15 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of the damaged boat which capsized on May 9 in the Shagari River in northwest Nigeria with some 40 children onboard. Fifteen children drowned and 25 others are still missing according to a local official. The children were on their way from Dundeji village in Sokoto State to collect firewood in the bush on the other side of Shagari river when their overloaded boat sank. IMAGES
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