Ethiopians fleeing from the Tigray region arrive by boat to Sudan after crossing a river between the two countries, near the Hamdayet refugee transit camp, Sudan, December 1, 2020At least 19 people are dead in Ethiopia after a boat capsized on a river in the country’s northwest, a state-run media outlet said on Sunday.
The tragedy occurred in the Amhara region on Saturday as a group of people were crossing the river Tekeze, which partly forms the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the state-run Ethiopian Press Agency reported.Seven people including a child have been rescued while only two bodies have been retrieved so far, according to EPA.
It was second major incident in Ethiopia in recent days. On Monday, a landslide in the south killed over 250 people. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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