The sinking of the MV Nyerere has highlighted the risks for the thousands of residents, forced to use overcrowded or poorly maintained boats
The vessel may have been carrying as many as 200 passengers — double the ferry’s capacity
A ferry carrying 462 people, mostly high school students, has sank off South Korea’s coast, leaving more than 280 people missing.
Philippine rescuers battled stormy weather in the search for 170 people missing after a ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank almost instantly.
A ferry carrying more than 100 people capsized in Bangladesh on Thursday after colliding with another vessel, killing at least 28 people, police said.