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Africa Headlines
| 10 months ago
Hanzil Manoni, one of the survivors, told Xinhua here on Friday that the MV Skagit left Dar es Salam port midday on Wednesday without any problem, but after thirty minutes the vessel "started to lose control." He said after two hours of their...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania's government on Saturday halted rescue operations for a ferry accident that appears to have killed 146 people.
Government official Ali Juma Shamhuna said 69 passengers were confirmed dead and 77 were still...
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Associated Press
| 10 months ago
An official in Tanzania says authorities have halted rescue operations seeking missing passengers of an overloaded ferry that capsized this week...Shamhuna says the ferry MV Skagit, which capsized on Wednesday while traveling from the country's...
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Daily Nation
| 10 months ago
Rating President Kibaki has sent a message of condolence to President Ali Mohamed Shein and the people of Zanzibar following Wednesday's ferry tragedy that killed 60. In his message, President Kibaki said he was deeply saddened by the loss of...
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Africa Headlines
| 10 months ago
More than 100 victims are still missing. "This was an act of God...Normally February and July are dangerous months to travel in the sea and we have restricted travel during night," the Zanzibar Minister for Infrastructure and Communication, Mr Hamad...
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Africa Headlines
| 10 months ago
Marine Travel Needs Safeguards' 20 July 2012 THE Zanzibar boat accident involving MV Skagit has highlighted the need for boating safety, as several survivors say the deadly accident could have been avoided. "We started screaming for help at around 1.
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Daily Nation
| 10 months ago
Rating In Summary Parliaments suspend sittings as leaders accuse maritime authority of laxity barely a year after more than 800 people drowned in another trip from Dar Sixty people drowned and more than 80 others are missing in Wednesday's ferry...
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Boston Herald
| 10 months ago
Added 45 minutes ago Text size A saint-like Somerville woman who once helped open an Ugandan orphanage was among the lucky few to get out alive when a reportedly overloaded ferry capsized en route to Zanzibar yesterday, killing at least 31 and...
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Africa Headlines
| 10 months ago
Indian Ocean will continue causing havoc on Friday, the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) has warned. The weather agency has confirmed that the high and above average strong winds started on Wednesday in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam and alerts were...
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Africa Headlines
| 10 months ago
Zanzibar Boat Tragedy Updates 19 July 2012 The ferry which capsized on its way to Zanzibar, leaving scores dead and more missing. Reports from Police indicate that 21 bodies out of 31 that were recovered have been identified by their relatives.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
At least 38 people were confirmed dead and 145 were rescued after the MV Skagit/Kalama passenger boat capsized on Wednesday around midday near Chumbe island, west of Zanzibar. The vessel had set sail from mainland Tanzania to the semi-autonomous...
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Fox
| 10 months ago
Tanzania Officials say the death toll in a ferry accident off the coast of Tanzania has risen to 31. A government statement on Thursday also said that more than 100 passengers are still missing, and 136 have been rescued. The ferry, the MV Skagit,...
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CNN
| 10 months ago
including 31 children -- capsized near Zanzibar on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for the agency's office in Tanzania. About 145 people have been found alive, and rescue operations are ongoing, said Raymond Kanyambo, a spokesman for the agency.
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News 24
| 10 months ago
An official said on Thursday there was no hope for more than a hundred people still missing a day after a ferry sank off the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, with 38 bodies already recovered. The vessel, which was officially carrying at least 290...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
Tanzania (AP) — Officials say the death toll in a ferry accident off the coast of Tanzania has risen to 31.
A government statement on Thursday also said that more than 100 passengers are still missing, and 136 have been rescued.
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Navy searches for survivors Footage showed the ferry upside down in the sea and survivors in the water A naval search operation resumed at first light to find an estimated 100 people missing after a Tanzanian ferry sank near the island of Zanzibar.
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
At least 31 people have drowned and more than a hundred more are missing feared dead after a ferry sank off Zanzibar, police said Thursday, a day after the accident. The vessel, which was officially carrying almost 290 passengers and crew, including...
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Dutch News
| 10 months ago
At least two 'Europeans' are said to be among the dead but many people are still missing, according to the BBC. Four of the five Dutch nationals are officials with the green party GroenLinks, including a parliamentary spokesman.
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Africa Headlines
| 10 months ago
MV Skagit capsized on Wednesday afternoon near Chumbe Islet in Zanzibar. This is the second boat disaster to occur in Zanzibar in less than a year. In September last year, MV Spice Islander capsized near Nungwi, near Zanzibar killing more than 200...
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China News
| 10 months ago
The Chinese embassy in Tanzania confirmed Wednesday that a fishing boat from Taiwan had been freed after being taken hostage by Somali pirates for nearly 19 months...Two teams of government officials from China's Anhui province and Henan province...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
A ferry with more than 280 people on board, including some foreigners, capsized and sank between the east African coast and the Zanzibar archipelago on Wednesday, killing at least 24 people, the government said. Infrastructure Minister Hamad Masoud...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
A passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Tanzania on Wednesday, killing 24 people according to one Zanzibari minister. The MV Skagit, a boat formerly used for passenger trips in the United States, was traveling from the city of Dar es Salaam to...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
The ferry, belonging to a company called Seagull, was heading for Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, from Dar es Salaam when it sank...It had left Dar es Salaam at 12 noon for a four-hour-long trip to Unguja, Zanzibar's main island.
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
10 AM Page modified July 18, 2012 at 11:34 AM 12 killed as former Washington ferry capsizes in Tanzania The MV Skagit, a former Washington state passenger-only ferry, has capsized in high winds between Tanzania and Zanzibar. By The Associated Press...
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The Courier-Mail
| 10 months ago
The vessel, which was carrying almost 290 passengers and crew, including more than 30 children, went down in choppy waters between the Tanzanian commercial capital Dar-es-Salaam and Zanzibar. "Twelve dead bodies and 10 survivors have been recovered...
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Al Jazeera
| 10 months ago
41 A ferry with at least 250 people on board has sunk off the east African coast of the Zanzibar archipelago, but it is unclear whether anyone has been killed, officials said. Dozens of people were missing after the ferry, MV Salama, capsized after...
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Daily Nation
| 10 months ago
Tanzania, A ferry carrying more than 250 people capsized Wednesday as it was sailing from the Tanzanian commercial capital of Dar-es-Salaam to Zanzibar, a government official said. Saidi Shabaani, an official in the second vice president's office,...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Tanzania rescue bid as ferry sinks off Zanzibar A ferry carrying at least 250 people is sinking off the coast of Tanzania near the island of Zanzibar. The navy and police are organising the rescue operation to help the passengers who were travelling...
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Africa Headlines
| 10 months ago
Indian Ocean, which the country enjoys an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)...Fish trade is an important component for sustainability and benefit of the fisheries industry through providing opportunities to stakeholders," Mr Nangoro said. He noted that...
