Boat capsizes off Sierra Leone

Freetown, 10 Sept-(ANA)-A boat with about 150 people on board has capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone, with dozens feared dead.

Fishermen have joined a naval rescue mission and so far 46 people have been saved, with eight confirmed dead.

The boat, believed to be a small vessel with an outboard motor meant for about 25 people, was hugely overcrowded.

It was travelling on a short sea route between Plantain Island and the coastal town of Shenge, about 65km (40 miles) south of the capital, Freetown. (ANA)

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