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13 migrant children drown  The bodies have washed up on a Western Sahara beach, drowned when their small boat sank in the Atlantic Overloaded boat sinks in lake, killing 35  High winds and rough waves swamped the boat carrying 90 people on Lake Kivu 18 migrants drown, 12 missing  The rickety boat carrying them to Canary Islands sank off the coast of Western Sahara 28 missing in ferry capsize  The MV Nyamanga carrying passengers and cargo on Lake Victoria has capsized and 28 people were feared dead 120 feared dead as boat capsizes  A local ferry was travelling from Afram Plains to Rwora Rwora on the lake Volta 69 dead as ferry capsizes Boat sinks; 127 feared drowned  A boat carrying 150 passengers sank off the port of Kribi on Atlantic coast 300 African migrants drown a month 40 migrants drown off Africa Wreckage of ferry found Ship blocks Suez Canal Tensions high at ferry port Ferry 'pressed on despite fire'  A crew member said water used to extinguish a fire aboard caused the ship to list in heavy winds Officials: Fire made ferry sink  Transport minister has said a blaze set off a sequence of events that led it to sink in the Red Sea Hopes dim for ferry missing

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Migrants toss dozens of dead overboard  Dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe spent 3 weeks at sea and threw 50 bodies overboard after the vessel lost power 'Dozens missing' as ferry sinks  Princess Hidy ferry carrying a wedding party sank in the Nile south of Cairo in the river off Beni Sweif Boat capsizes, 50 drowned, 100 missing  7 bodies had so far been recovered from the sea at the estuary of the Great Scarcies River At least 60 dead after boat capsizes  An open fishing boat, with 120 people on board, had capsized off the coast of Guinea. 36 people survived Hundreds of stranded migrants go ashore  400 African and Asian migrants began disembarking from a battered freighter intercepted by the Spanish coastguard Hundreds in limbo on disabled freighter  Hundreds of Asian and African migrants spent their 6th day aboard as Spain tried to convince African countries to take them in Boat sinks off Cameroon; at least 63 die  An overloaded wooden boat with 100 aboard sank. 20 were missing and feared dead Ship 'sinks in storm'. 600 missing Migrants' ordeal: Hallucinations, big waves  Young men tell of a disastrous 12-day boat voyage with little food, 3 capsizings, motor breakdowns, and 22-foot waves Migrant boat capsized twice; 80 die

year 2007 Top ^

Nov.6   Mauritania
Aug.17   Egypt
Aug.3   Sierra Leone
Mar.29   Guinea
Feb.12   Mauritania
Feb.7   Mauritania
Feb.5   Cameroon

year 2006 Top ^

Dec.19   Senegal
Dec.18   Senegal
  A fishing boat crowded with more than 100 African migrants was sailing to Canary Islands, drifting for about 10 days
Nov.28   Morocco
Sep.5   Congo
Jul.3   Morocco
Apr.28   Tanzania
Apr.10   Ghana
Mar.23   Cameroon
Mar.8   Mauritania
Mar.6   Mauritania
Feb.16   Egypt
Feb.8   Egypt
Feb.5   Egypt
  Egypt
Feb.4   Egypt
Feb.3   Egypt
  Hopes are fading of finding alive more than 900 people still missing a day after a ferry sank in the Red Sea
  Egypt Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea
  An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued

year 2005 Top ^

Nov.5   Somalia Cruise ship repels pirates
  The Seabourn Spirit sailing has beaten back gunmen in speedboats who opened fire
Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe

year 2004 Top ^

Oct.4   Tunisia Many drown as migrant ship sinks  Their boat sank while trying to reach Italy illegally. Another 47 are missing, presumed drowned

year 2003 Top ^

Nuclear submarine sinks

year 2002 Top ^

Sep.27   Senegal 1,800 people died as ferry sinks
  The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm
Sep.13   South Africa Oil spill threatens wildlife park  An oil spill from a stricken Italian freighter beached in an environmentally sensitive area off the eastern coast

year 2001 Top ^

U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide



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