20 killed after boat capsize in Cameroon


By ArisonWang Ze
  • World
  • Friday, 29 Nov 2024

YAOUNDE, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 people were killed on Thursday after a boat capsized in Cameroon's Far North region, according to witnesses and security sources.

The boat capsized as it was transporting passengers from Darak island in the Logone-et-Chari division of region, witnesses told Xinhua Thursday evening.

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