G.O.G Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 A ship sank when it crossed the Nile River in Sudan and 22 people were killed, the country's official news agency reported on Wednesday. The office explained that the deceased were 21 male students and one female, but did not specify the ages of the victims. He added that the vessel was carrying more than 40 to his school in the province of Río Nilo, in the north of the country. reviewed AP. The woman who died was an employee of a local hospital, it was reported. The sinking was due to mechanical failures as one of the engines of the ship stopped working in the middle of the river, the agency said. He added that the bodies of the dead have not been recovered. Sudan receives heavy monsoon rains between June and November, which cause the overflow of the Nile and its tributaries. The Nile is an important means of transport and commerce in the African nation. The Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world, consisting of two tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, which meet just north of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. 1
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