Boat Carrying 200 People Capsizes in Nigeria

Boat Carrying 200 People Capsizes in Nigeria
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KADUNA, Nigeria—A boat ferrying about 200 people capsized in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi on Wednesday but the number of casualties remains unclear, a state spokesman said.

The wooden boat capsized near Wara, a town on the shores of Kainji Lake, part of the Niger River, said Yahaya Sarki, a spokesman the governor of Kebbi.