Dozens, including many children, die in Nigeria boat disaster

Al Jazeera :
An overloaded boat carrying dozens of passengers, mostly children aged eight to 15, has capsized on Bagwai River in northwest Nigeria’s Kano state, according to rescue officials.
Saminu Abdullahi, the spokesman for Kano state’s fire service, said the incident took place late on Tuesday. “We have recovered 29 bodies … and rescued seven passengers. The search for the remaining 13 bodies is ongoing,” Abdullahi told the AFP news agency on Wednesday.
Abdullahi said the boat was “meant to ferry 12 adults but the skipper packed such a number of children onboard”.The children, from Badau village in Kano state, were on their way to Bagwai, a town on the other side of the river, for a religious ceremony.