Boat Capsizes Stories
40 bodies, including infants, were recovered, and 30 people were rescued. They were all from countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Speaking at Kipini beach, Senator Mungatana accused the county government of neglecting its duty by refusing to release or fuel its boats to support v...
Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir clarified that the county was not involved in organising or sponsoring this year’s event, unlike the previ...
Families have since identified the bodies, marking a sombre end to the incident that claimed the lives of members of the Kijiweni Youth Uplift Team.
Nineteen survivors were rescued shortly after the incident, while recovery teams on Sunday retrieved one body as efforts to locate the remaining two v...
The victims’ bodies are yet to be recovered, raising concerns over the organisers’ alleged failure to enforce safety measures during the race.
The Kenya Red Cross confirmed that 19 passengers were rescued safely, while search and rescue operations continue to locate the three individuals who...
The wooden vessel was travelling from Muchora Abino A village to escort a catechist to a burial ceremony when it overturned near Kiryanga Village in A...
UNHCR extended condolences to "the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives" and called for an end to the conflict in Sudan, saying safe...
Local news outlets reported a death toll of 86, including 60 students. The DRC government has not yet released an official statement on the accident.
The three children had left Libya with their mother and brother, hoping to reach Italy. International estimates suggest that this Mediterranean crossi...
Dozens of bodies have washed ashore in the southern Yemeni governorate of Abyan. Authorities in Abyan are taking part in a search and rescue operation...
According to World Health Organization (WHO)'s statistics, over the last decade at least three million people have lost their lives to drowning.
Severe weather and overcrowding are believed to be the reasons the boat sank. Deadly boat accidents have become common in the waters near the African...
The back-to-back marine accidents come amid a weather alert from the Kenya Meteorological Department warning of dangerous sea conditions along the Coa...
The boat was carrying as many as 500 passengers, including women and children, when it overturned in the Congo River
The boat was deliberately capsized by traffickers off Comoros Islands, between Anjouan and Mayotte.
A wooden boat carrying 70 farmers capsized as it was transporting them across the river to reach their farmlands close to Gummi town on Saturday morni...
A couple and their two children are also part of the missing persons.
The IOM said the Mauritanian coastguard rescued 120 people and that 10 of them were taken to hospitals while efforts to locate the missing continued.
Tana River County Commissioner David Koskei however notes that children from schools affected by the floods will be hosted by neighbouring schools, wh...
Gitonga's house is almost entirely submerged in water, forcing him to move his family to a tent as he contemplates where next to move.
Senator Danson Mungatana, Women Representative Amina Dika and Bura MP Yakub Adow, reiterated the need for immediate action from both the national and...
Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has called for the deployment of enforcement teams to all areas prone to flooding.
Official says the bodies of four out of six people registered as missing have been found, while 13 are unaccounted for.
Two bodies were retrieved on Monday morning, as search and rescue operations continue.
The County Security and Intelligence Committees will recommend cases where compulsory evacuation and temporary resettlement orders are to be issued.
Garissa Township Sub-County Deputy Commissioner Duncan Rono said the incident occurred as a result of negligence by the members of the public who were...
The police said the owner of the boat fled after the incident.
Twenty three people have been rescued so far, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society.
