Nearly 140 dead, over 80 missing as migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti

Nearly 140 dead, over 80 missing as migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti
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At least 139 people, including 15 children, have lost their lives and 84 are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, according to the United Nations migration agency.

In a statement on Sunday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) quoted survivors as saying that the incident happened near Guhere off Djibouti’s eastern coast in the Gulf of Aden near the Bab al-Mandeb strait from Thursday night to before dawn on Friday.

The boat was heading from Djibouti to Yemen with more than 300 people on board. More than 80 people – all Ethiopians – survived the shipwreck while Djiboutian search and rescue operations continued.