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Last month, a wooden dugout canoe, packed with nearly 300 passengers, overturned and sank in the middle of the River Niger killing nearly 200 people.

The family of a British couple still missing after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea have spoken of their "desperation" as they wait for news.

A New Zealand warship which crashed into a coral reef before it caught fire and sank had been left on autopilot, an official inquiry has found.

He perished in the Channel when his overloaded boat sank in heavy seas.

Rescuers found four bodies and five survivors on Tuesday after Sea Story, which was carrying 44 passengers and crew, sank on Monday after reportedly being hit by a large wave near Marsa Alam.