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DRC’s authorities arrest officials involved in shipwreck

Published on: August 22, 2024
16:25

Kinshasa, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) Officials allegedly liable for the sinking of a boat on the Lukeni River, in the province of Maï-Ndombe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are under provisional arrest, Radio Okapi reported Thursday.

Senegalese migrants rescued at sea

Published on: August 16, 2023
14:05

Praia, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Cape Verde's Police said on Wednesday that they have rescued 38 migrants on the verge of death, after the ship they were traveling in capsized in the Atlantic Ocean waters.

Italy: 69 migrants rescued after shipwrecks on Lampedusa island

Published on: August 7, 2023
11:44

Rome, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Italian rescue teams managed to rescue 69 people in the last hours in waters near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, after two shipwrecks in which at least two people died, a report said.

Egypt mourns deaths in shipwreck off coast of Greece

Published on: June 17, 2023
07:56

Cairo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian government is currently working with Greek authorities to determine total toll of nationals dead during a boat shipwreck, with hundreds of illegal immigrants, off the coast of Greece.

Six dead in shipwreck in DR Congo

Published on: April 4, 2023
15:08

Kinshasa, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) Local authorities announced on Tuesday that after a boat sank on Lake Kivu in the country's eastern region, six people died while more than 60 are still missing.

Death toll rises after shipwreck off the coast of Haiti

Published on: November 3, 2021
10:58

Port-au-Prince, Nov 3 (Prensa Latina) The death toll after shipwreck that occurred off the southern coast of Haiti rose to 22, while the search for possible survivors continued, local authorities said today.

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