A vessel with around 400 migrants and refugees onboard is adrift between Italy and Malta as it awaits rescue from the Italian coastguard, according to sea rescue support service Alarm Phone. People onboard the vessel told Alarm Phone in a…
8 school children killed after boat capsizes in Ghana
Eight school children in Ghana’s Bono East Region were killed after the boat taking them to school capsized on the Volta Lake, officials confirmed. National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) told newsmen that the eight, five boys and three girls aged…
Nine migrants picked up in a boat off British coast (Guardian)
British officials have picked up nine migrants who were trying to cross the English Channel aboard an inflatable boat, French authorities said Wednesday, a day after 17 others succeeded in reaching Britain in a stolen fishing boat. “Overnight towards 4.00…
