General News of Tuesday, 30 August 2016Source: citifmonline.comPregnant woman, 8 others perish as boat capsizesFile photoNine people, including a pregnant woman, drowned when the boat they were travelling in capsized on the Dakar river in the Northern Region. The police confirmed to Citi News that only four of the thirteen people on board the boat were rescued. A police officer in the Nanumba North District, DSP Benjamin Aniah, said that three women and their children had also perished in the accident. Three of them were women with their children, making six people, and an elderly man, a pregnant woman and a young lady. I believe that by now, the bodies have already been buried.”’15 perish in Yeji accident’At least 15 people, including at least six children, died in a boat disaster on the Volta Lake in June.

Source: GhanaWeb August 30, 2016 13:30 UTC