22 children dead in Nile boat accident: Sudan media

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AFP Khartoum
Last Updated : Aug 15 2018 | 6:25 PM IST

Twenty-two children drowned today when their boat sank in the Nile in Sudan 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.

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First Published: Aug 15 2018 | 6:25 PM IST

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