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NIGERIA

100 feared drowned in boat tragedy

More than 100 people were missing and feared dead after a boat with more than 165 passengers, including women and children, broke up and sank as it was traveling in Nigeria's northern Kebbi state, officials said on Wednesday. Twenty-two people had been rescued and five bodies recovered, including a baby less than a year old, said Sani Dododo, chairman of the Kebbi State Emergency Management Agency. Eleven rescue boats and divers were searching for 138 missing passengers. President Muhammadu Buhari said the accident was "devastating".