(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) At least 24 children on their way to school and a health worker have drowned when their boat sank in northern Sudan.
More than 40 children were on the boat, whose engine failed in a strong current as it crossed a 2.5km (1.6m) flooded area near the River Nile.
The children, who were between the ages of seven and 16, began to panic, leaned to one side and the boat overturned, the school’s headmaster told the BBC.
Only two bodies have been found.
