Lake Victoria Tanzania Ferry Disaster Death Toll Hits 100
At least 100 people have died after a ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, officials say.
Fear gripped residents of the Mwanza region as they wait to hear the fate of relatives who travell
ed on the MV Nyerere on Thursday.
"We are really saddened and urge the government to provide a new ferry because the old one was small and the population is big."
It operates on a busy route, crossing eight times a day between the islands of Ukara and Ukwerewe, which are close to Tanzania's second-largest city of Mwanza.
Exact figures, though, are yet to be confirmed - Reuters said the person who dispensed tickets for the journey also died, with the machine recording the data lost.
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