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KAMPALA. — Uganda said yesterday it had recovered 107 bodies, including 57 children, after a boat capsized at the weekend on Lake Albert, on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The boat, which was packed with refugees from the DRC hoping to return home from a camp in Uganda, was believed to have been carrying up to 250 people when it overturned on Saturday.
“The exact number of passengers on board has yet to be established,” Uganda’s Refugees Minister Hillary Onek told reporters.
“The number of bodies recovered are 44 females, 63 males.
“Among them are 57 children. The total number of the dead is 107.”
The minister said 45 people had been rescued after the disaster, adding that police, armed forces marine units and civilian fishing boats were still searching for bodies. — AFP.
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