At least 21 dead in ferry sinking in northern Sudan’s River Nile State

At least six people have been rescued, while efforts are ongoing to locate about a dozen people still missing, officials say.

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At least 21 people have drowned, while others remain missing, after a passenger ferry sank on the Nile in northern Sudan’s River Nile State, civil defence officials have said, in the war-ravaged nation.

The Sudanese Sovereignty Council issued a press statement mourning the deaths of 21 people, including women and children.