Bissau: At least 22 people died and 69 were missing after their overloaded boat sank on Friday off the capital of Guinea-Bissau, rescue workers said.
A total of 97 people were aboard the boat en route from the Atlantic Ocean island of Boloma to Bissau, they said.
"Twenty-two bodies were recovered and six survivors were rescued," a rescue worker said, adding that a search was under way for the remaining missing.
Boloma is among about 100 tiny islands, most of them unihabited, in an archipelago off the capital of the former Portuguese colony.
A total of 97 people were aboard the boat en route from the Atlantic Ocean island of Boloma to Bissau, they said.
"Twenty-two bodies were recovered and six survivors were rescued," a rescue worker said, adding that a search was under way for the remaining missing.
Boloma is among about 100 tiny islands, most of them unihabited, in an archipelago off the capital of the former Portuguese colony.
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